11-letter words containing u, m, p, i
- phosphonium — the positively charged group PH 4 + .
- piano music — printed music intended to be played on the piano
- piped music — Piped music is recorded music which is played in some supermarkets, restaurants, and other public places.
- piston pump — A piston pump is a pump which moves fluid by the movement up and down of a disk or short cylinder inside a tube.
- pittosporum — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Pittosporum, native to warm regions of the Old World, many species of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their attractive foliage, flowers, or fruit.
- plaid cymru — the Welsh nationalist party
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- pleiomerous — (of a flower) having a greater than normal number of parts
- plumb joint — (in sheet metal work) a soldered lap joint.
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- plumularian — a member of the genus Plumularia
- plutonomist — a person who studies or has expertise in plutonomy
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- pneumonitis — inflammation of the lung caused by a virus or exposure to irritating substances.
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polyzoarium — a bryozoan colony, or its supporting skeleton.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- ponzimonium — theoretical financial turmoil in the wake of uncovering suspected Ponzi schemes
- positronium — a short-lived atomic system consisting of a positron and an electron bound together.
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- prematurity — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- premier cru — See under cru.
- premunition — Immunology. a state of balance between host and infectious agent, as a bacterium or parasite, such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- primiparous — a woman who has borne but one child or who is parturient for the first time.
- promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
- promiscuous — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
- promptitude — promptness.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
- pteropodium — the foot of a pteropod.
- public room — a lounge or other room that is open to all, especially in a hotel or on a ship.
- publishment — publication.
- pump prices — petrol prices
- pump-action — (of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.
- pumpkinhead — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- pumpkinseed — the seed of the pumpkin.
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- pure merino — a free settler rather than a convict
- pure-minded — having a mind that is free from moral taint or defilement
- put in mind — to remind
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- rap jumping — the sport of descending high buildings, attached to ropes and a pulley