11-letter words containing s, e, p, t, a
- open stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is farther from the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
- operatories — a room or other area with special equipment and facilities, as for dental surgery, scientific experiments, or the like.
- opinionates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of opinionate.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- osteopathic — Of or pertaining to osteopathy or osteopathic medicine.
- osteoplasty — plastic surgery on a bone to repair a defect or loss.
- ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- outer space — space beyond the atmosphere of the earth.
- outpatients — Plural form of outpatient.
- pacesetting — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
- packet soup — soup supplied in dried form in a packet
- paediatrics — Paediatrics is the area of medicine that is concerned with the treatment of children's illnesses.
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- palestinian — a native or inhabitant of Palestine.
- palletising — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palm desert — a town in S California, near Palm Springs.
- palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
- pan-atheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- panel strip — one of a number of strips of wood or metal laid upon the surface of a wall, ceiling, etc., so as to divide it into a number of broad areas, usually in order to conceal joints between sheets of composition material forming the surface.
- panentheism — the belief that God is a part of the universe as well as transcending it
- panentheist — someone who believes that God is a part of the universe as well as transcending it
- panesthesia — total awareness and perception
- panspermist — someone who advocates panspermia
- pantheistic — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pants press — A pants press in a hotel room is a machine that you put a pair of pants inside to get rid of the creases.
- parade rest — a position assumed by a soldier or sailor in which the feet are 12 inches (30.48 cm) apart, the hands are clasped behind the back, and the head is held motionless and facing forward.
- parallelist — a person who seeks or makes a comparison.
- parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
- parentheses — either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
- parenthesis — either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
- paresthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paresthetic — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- park forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- partnerless — the person with whom one cohabits in a romantic relationship: I'd like you to meet my partner, Sarah.
- partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- party dress — a dress to wear to a party
- pas de chat — a jump of one foot over the other.
- pas de cote — a two-track.
- pass muster — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- passiontide — the two-week period from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.
- past master — a person who is thoroughly experienced or exceptionally skilled in a profession, art, etc.: a past master at chess.
- pasteurella — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pasturella, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and animals.
- pasteurised — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasteurizer — an apparatus for pasteurizing milk and other liquids.
- pasticheuse — a woman who makes or composes a pastiche.
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.