11-letter words containing s, t, e, p, l
- paternalism — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- paternalist — government: fatherly in style
- 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.
- 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.
- peace talks — negotiations aimed at ending conflict
- pearlescent — having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
- pedestalled — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
- pentastylos — a pentastyle building, as a classical temple.
- pentecostal — of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
- peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
- peristalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
- peristaltic — of, relating to, or resembling peristalsis.
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- perlustrate — to inspect thoroughly; to make a thorough examination of (something), esp to intercept and read (letters) for purposes of surveillance; to travel through and survey (a region)
- personalist — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- persulphate — a sulphuric acid salt of a base peroxide
- pestologist — a person who analyses and researches pests and how to get rid of them
- peter snell — Peter (George) born 1938, New Zealand distance runner.
- phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
- philatelist — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- philistines — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- phillipsite — a zeolite mineral, similar to stilbite but with potassium replacing some of the calcium.
- philoctetes — Classical Mythology. a noted archer and squire of Hercules. Bitten by a snake and abandoned on an island because of his festering wound, he was at length brought by the Greeks to Troy, where he recovered and later killed Paris.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
- pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- pipistrelle — any of numerous insectivorous bats of the genus Pipistrellus, especially P. pipistrellus of Europe and Asia.
- plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
- plainstanes — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- plant louse — aphid.
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- plasticated — covered with a layer of plastic
- plasticizer — any of a group of substances that are used in plastics or other materials to impart viscosity, flexibility, softness, or other properties to the finished product.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
- plate glass — a soda-lime-silica glass formed by rolling the hot glass into a plate that is subsequently ground and polished, used in large windows, mirrors, etc.
- plateresque — noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
- pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
- plisetskaya — Maya (Mikhailovna) [mah-yuh myi-khahy-luh v-nuh] /ˈmɑ yə myɪˈxaɪ ləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1925–2015, Soviet ballet dancer.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.