11-letter words that end in se
- overanalyse — Alternative spelling of overanalyze.
- overintense — too intense
- overprecise — excessively precise
- overpromise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- pampelmoose — a large citrus fruit
- panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.
- paper chase — the effort to earn a diploma or college degree, especially in law, or a professional certificate or license.
- para-phrase — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- parallelise — to make parallel; place so as to be parallel.
- pasticheuse — a woman who makes or composes a pastiche.
- pastry case — a case made of pastry that is filled with fruit, custard etc to make a tart or flan
- pease-brose — brose made from a meal of dried peas
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- 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
- 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.
- personalise — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- phosphatase — any of several classes of esterases of varying specificity that catalyze the hydrolysis of phosphoric esters.
- physicalise — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- piedmontese — a native or inhabitant of Piedmont, Italy.
- 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.
- plagioclase — any of the feldspar minerals varying in composition from acidic albite, NaAlSi 3 O 8 , to basic anorthite, CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , found in most igneous rocks: shows twinning striations on good cleavage surfaces.
- plant louse — aphid.
- plasmapause — the boundary of the plasmasphere, where the particle density decreases very rapidly.
- pompelmouse — a large citrus fruit
- pope's nose — the fleshy protuberance at the posterior end of a dressed fowl, especially the tailpiece of a cooked chicken.
- porterhouse — Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
- post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- pre-defense — resistance against attack; protection: Two more regiments are needed for the defense of the city.
- pre-release — something released beforehand, as a movie shown before its scheduled premiere.
- 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
- privy purse — a sum from the public revenues allotted to the sovereign for personal expenses.
- pro-chinese — the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- proto-norse — the North Germanic language of Scandinavia up to about 700 ad
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- pupil nurse — a nurse who is still undergoing medical training
- race-course — racetrack.
- radicellose — having small roots or rhizoids
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- readvertise — to advertise (something) again
- repetiteuse — a female repetiteur, one who rehearses opera singers
- risk-averse — reluctant to take risks; tending to avoid risks as much as possible: risk-averse entrepreneurs.
- river horse — a hippopotamus.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- rough-house — rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.