11-Letter Words Containing P

One way to wax

Calm in adversity

Unruffled.

Plural or third person singular

Phlebogram

Phlogiston

Phlogopite

Adjective meaning resembling

PHONEMICISE PHONEMIC pertaining to {phoneme=n}

One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.

Phoniness

""PHONOGRAM A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound.""

They have arms

They hold records

Member of Group 2

""A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech.""

Phonology

One versed in phonology.

""(used with a sing. verb) The set of allowed arrangements or sequences of speech sounds in a given language. A word beginning with the consonant cluster (zv), for example, violates the phonotactics of English, but not of Russian.""

""Any of numerous enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of esters of phosphoric acid and are important in the absorption and metabolism of carbohydrates, nucleotides, and phospholipids and in the calcification of bone.""

See phospholipid .

PHOSPHATE A salt of phosphoric acid.

""The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine. PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine.""

(min.) A massive variety of apatite.

Relating to one element

Phosphoryl

Pl. photocopies A photographic or xerographic reproduction.

Today's mimeograph

Piece of office gear

Office machine

Photocopy

Photodiode

Photoflood

Mathew Brady creations

F as in picture taking (wordplay)

Art of using cameras

Girl Scout interest patch

PHOTOIONIZE

PHOTOLYZE

Photomap

Photometer

""Measurement of the properties of light, especially luminous intensity.""

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a large-scale detailed picture made up of many photographs See also mosaic

Photomural

""The duration of an organism's daily exposure to light, considered especially with regard to the effect of the exposure on growth and development.""

Photophase

A dread or intolerance of light.

PHOTOPHOBE

Photophore

English word

Person associated with (-ist)

PHOTOSET to prepare for printing by photographic means

""A sphere of light; esp., the luminous envelope of the sun.""

Photostat

PHOTOSTAT

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany either of two pigment-containing systems, photosystem I or II, in which the light-dependent chemical reactions of photosynthesis occur in the chloroplasts of plants""

Motion ()

(Of plant) turning towards light

Seeking the light

""One, such as a speechwriter, who composes memorable or effective phrases.""

Choice of words

Manner in which words are used

Her apology's clumsy, in a manner of speaking

A blue phycobilin occurring especially in the cells of cyanobacteria.

Phycology

The branch of botany that deals with algae. Also called algology .

""Any of various fungi that resemble algae, including certain molds and mildews.""

""A flattened, photosynthetic branch or stem that resembles or performs the function of a leaf, as in certain cacti.""

Pl. phyllotaxies also phyllotaxes The arrangement of leaves on a stem.

The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.

Phylloxera

Phylogeny

A physician who specializes in physical medicine.

PHYSICAL a medical examination of the body

PHYSICAL a medical examination of the body

Gym rat's concern

Cast of one's features

Physiological.

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany any of a group of substances produced by plants that inhibit the growth of pathogenic fungi that infect them [from phyto- + Greek alexein to ward off]

""A cytoplasmic pigment of green plants that absorbs light and regulates dormancy, seed germination, and flowering.""

English word

Pianissimo

Tap for noise playing these

Keyboard instruments

Picaninny

Picaresque

Picaroon

Piccalilli

Piccoloist

Pickaback

Picketboat

Divers strike supporters surrounding pit

Some thieves

Picosecond

Picrotoxin

Pictograph

PICTOGRAPH A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea.

Pictorial

Strikingly beautiful (view)

Imagines Spanish that becomes attractive

Paintings that in Paris are pretty

PICTURIZE To picture.

PIDGINIZE

Person paid per item produced

Piezometer

Instruments

Assigned rigidly to a role (with a bird)

Fate of some legislative bills

Put aside and ignored.

""PIGEONHOLE A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.""

Puts into small compartments

Classifies

Compartmentalizes.

Pigeonwing

PIGGISH greedy or dirty

Piggyback

Pigheaded

Pigsticker

The act of hunting for wild boar

English word

""PILGRIMAGE The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life.""

Pilgrimage

Items of bed linen

They touch your hair at night

Linen closet items

An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system. Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.

Pilothouse

Pimpmobile

Tailors' conveniences

Stuffed accessories

Sewers' conveniences

Chef's concern re chicken dishes

PINKISH somewhat pink

Plural or third person singular

""Introduction of fluids into a cell by invagination of the cell membrane, followed by formation of vesicles within the cells.""

""Introduction of fluids into a cell by invagination of the cell membrane, followed by formation of vesicles within the cells.""

Locating exactly

Pinprick

Pinspotter

Pinwheel

Piousness

Piperazine

Piperidine

Pipsissewa

PIQUANT having an agreeably sharp taste

Piratical

Swiveling, in ballet

Concerning fishing

Fishy

Feeding or subsisting on fish.

Pitapat

Major ore of uranium

Brown or black mineral containing radium

Ore of uranium

Pitcherful

Pitchfork

PITCHPOLE

A sorry state

Pithiness

Pitiful

""PITIFUL arousing pity, also PITEOUS""

""Any of various evergreen shrubs or plants of the genus Pittosporum, native to the warmer regions of the Old World and grown as ornamental or hedge plants in the southern United States and Pacific coastal states.""

Master endocrine glands

Some glands

Pixilation

The quality or state of being placable or appeasable; placable disposition.

Placating

Symbol for something missing

Bookmark, essentially

Temporary wording in a document awaiting final text

Placekick

Upright man (wordplay)

Any top-25 NFL career scoring leader

He knows how to score extra points

Placeless

Placidity

A prig ladies foolishly copied in a bad way

Plagiarise

Plagiarism

Cheating types can crush a gal's spirit

PLAGIARIZE To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another).

Prose appropriator

Plagiarize

A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar. Feldspar.

Plainchant

Plainness

Candid in flyer (wordplay)

Easy to understand

Blunt and candid

Plaintive

Plaister

Planarity

Planchette

Space perhaps, to see stars (wordplay)

Where stars gather (wordplay)

Place known to screen stars

Pertaining to a planetoid.

Astronomy ()

Plangency

Planimeter

An instrument that measures the area of a plane figure as a mechanically coupled pointer traverses the perimeter of the figure.

""The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour.""

""A process for printing from a smooth surface, as lithography or offset.""

Once-common Georgia sights

Farms with banana trees

Large farms that were often established as pioneers moved farther west

Animal that walks on the soles of its feet

""Government by planters; planters, collectively.""

Plasmagene

See cell membrane .

PLASMIN an {enzyme=n}

Pl. plasmodesmata (-m -t ) or plasmodesmas also plasmodesms A strand of cytoplasm that passes through openings in cell walls and connects the protoplasts of adjacent living plant cells.

Plasmolyse

Plasmolysie

""Pl. plasmolyses (-s z ) Shrinkage or contraction of the protoplasm away from the wall of a living plant or bacterial cell, caused by loss of water through osmosis.""

PLASMOLYZE

Plasmolyze

Plastering

Decorative interior mouldings

In a plastic manner.

Plasticene

Plasticine

PLASTICIZE

PLASTICIZE

Plasticize

Platemaker

Present participle or gerund

Resembling silver plate; said of certain architectural ornaments.

PLATINIZE To cover or combine with platinum.

Platterful

Platyfish

""Of or designating the New World monkeys, distinguished from the Old World monkeys by widely separated nostrils that generally open to the side.""

A. A literary work written for performance on the stage; a drama.

Playacting

Dad (about 50) shows signs of age, circumventing loud mates

Liking for games and amusement

Amusing light-hearted quality

Playground