11-letter words containing as
- plane crash — an accident in which an aircraft hits land or water and is damaged or destroyed
- plasma ball — a glass globe containing a low density gas and a central electrode that creates lightning-like streams of light.
- plasma cell — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- plasmalemma — cell membrane.
- plasmalogen — any of the class of phosphatides that contain an aldehyde of a fatty acid, found in heart and skeletal muscle, the brain, the liver, and in eggs.
- plasmapause — the boundary of the plasmasphere, where the particle density decreases very rapidly.
- plasmatical — relating to plasma
- plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
- plasmodesma — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
- plasmolysis — contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis.
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- plastic art — an art, as sculpture, in which forms are carved or modeled.
- plastic bag — carrier bag, sack made of plastic
- 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.
- plaza lasso — Galo [gah-law] /ˈgɑ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–87, Ecuadorian statesman and diplomat, born in the U.S.: president 1948–52.
- pleasurable — such as to give pleasure; enjoyable; agreeable; pleasant: a pleasurable experience.
- pleasureful — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- potter wasp — any of several mason wasps, especially of the genus Eumenes, that construct a juglike nest of mud.
- prank flash — a short film or animation linked surreptitiously to an innocuous website, intended to shock unsuspecting and easily-offended users of the internet
- pre-release — something released beforehand, as a movie shown before its scheduled premiere.
- preassembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- predeceased — to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- preemphasis — a process of increasing the amplitude of certain frequencies relative to others in a signal in order to help them override noise, complemented by deemphasis before final reproduction of the signal being received.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- preinvasive — of or relating to a stage preceding invasion of the tissues; in situ.
- prendergast — Maurice Brazil [braz-uh l] /ˈbræz əl/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, U.S. painter.
- prepurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- prick-tease — a woman who is sexually provocative but refuses to engage in sexual activity
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- propagandas — information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
- provascular — of or relating to procambium
- pseudomonas — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.
- puff pastry — a light, flaky, rich pastry made by rolling dough with butter and folding it to form layers: used for tarts, napoleons, etc.
- purchasable — capable of being bought.
- pure reason — reason based on a priori principles and providing a unifying ground for the perception of the phenomenal world.
- put down as — If you put someone or something down as a particular type of person or thing, you consider that they are that thing.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- quack grass — a couch grass, Agropyron repens, a pernicious weed in cultivated fields.
- quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- quantasomes — any of numerous particles in a chloroplast, part of the thylakoid and functioning in photosynthesis.
- quasi-adult — having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.