11-letter words containing s, p, e
- paternalist — government: fatherly in style
- paternoster — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- patientless — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- patter song — a comic song depending for its humorous effect on rapid enunciation of the words, occurring most commonly in comic opera and operetta.
- patternless — a decorative design, as for wallpaper, china, or textile fabrics, etc.
- patty shell — a cup-shaped shell of light, flaky pastry, for serving vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
- pauselessly — in a pauseless manner; ceaselessly
- pay dispute — a disagreement between workers and employers concerning salary
- pea-shooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- peace corps — a civilian organization, sponsored by the U.S. government, that sends volunteers to instruct citizens of underdeveloped countries in the execution of industrial, agricultural, educational, and health programs.
- peace talks — negotiations aimed at ending conflict
- peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
- peak season — busiest annual period
- pear psylla — a small jumping plant louse, Psylla pyricola, originally of Europe, that is a major pest of pears in the eastern U.S.
- pear thrips — a minute, slender-bodied insect, Taeniothrips inconsequens, that eats the blossoms of flowering plants and is a common pest of pear, maple, almond, apple, and other trees in the eastern U.S.
- pear-shaped — having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom: a pear-shaped vase.
- pearlescent — having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
- pease-brose — brose made from a meal of dried peas
- pebble dash — an exterior wall finish composed of mortar against which, while still wet, small pebbles have been thrown and pressed in.
- pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
- peckishness — the state or condition of being peckish
- pedagoguish — resembling or reminiscent of a pedagogue
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedestalled — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- pedetentous — progressing gradually; proceeding cautiously
- pediculosis — the state of being infested with lice.
- pediococcus — any of several spherical, facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Pediococcus, producing acid and clouding in beer and wort.
- pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
- pedobaptist — a person who advocates or practices pedobaptism.
- pedodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the care and treatment of children's teeth.
- pedodontist — a specialist in pedodontics.
- pedogenesis — the process of soil formation.
- peevishness — cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pelagius ii — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- pele's hair — volcanic glass thread, usually basaltic, caused by the solidification of exploding or ejected lava in the open air.
- peloponnese — a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
- pencil case — container for writing implements
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
- penny stock — common stock, usually highly speculative, selling for less than a dollar a share.
- pension off — a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.: a retirement pension.
- pensionable — worker: of retirement age
- pensiveness — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- pentagonese — a style of language characterized by the use of euphemisms, technical jargon, acronyms, and circumlocutions, used especially by people working in the U.S. military establishment.
- pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
- pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.