11-letter words containing s, t, p
- pasty-faced — having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
- pataphysics — a supposed branch of philosophy or science that studies imaginary phenomena beyond the realm of metaphysics; the science of imaginary solutions.
- patch space — An unused block of bits left in a binary so that it can later be modified by insertion of machine-language instructions there (typically, the patch space is modified to contain new code, and the superseded code is patched to contain a jump or call to the patch space). The widening use of HLLs has made this term rare; it is now primarily historical outside IBM shops. See patch, zap, hook.
- 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
- paternoster — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- path pascal — Parallel extension of Pascal. Processes have shared access to data objects. Constraints on their synchronisation are specified in a path expression.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- patientless — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patio doors — doors to an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
- patrologist — a student of patrology.
- patron-ship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronising — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patroonship — a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- 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.
- pay a visit — go to the toilet
- pay dispute — a disagreement between workers and employers concerning salary
- pay station — a machine where you can pay for parking, as in a car park, etc
- pea-shooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- peace talks — negotiations aimed at ending conflict
- peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
- 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.
- pearlescent — having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedestalled — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
- pedetentous — progressing gradually; proceeding cautiously
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- pentastomid — tongue worm.
- pentastylos — a pentastyle building, as a classical temple.
- pentatonism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- pentecostal — of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
- pepper spot — a disease of clover, characterized by numerous black specks on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Pseudoplea trifolii.
- perceptions — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
- perfect gas — ideal gas.