11-letter words containing a, e, p, y, o
- petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
- phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- photo essay — a group of photographs, usually with supplementary text, that conveys a unified story and is published as a book or as a feature in a magazine or newspaper.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
- phylloclade — a flattened stem or branch having the function of a leaf.
- phylloplane — the surface of a leaf considered as a habitat, esp for microorganisms
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
- pioneer day — a legal holiday in Utah on July 24 to commemorate Brigham Young's founding of Salt Lake City in 1847.
- pirate copy — an illicitly reproduced copy of a DVD, video, book, game, etc
- planetology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- platinotype — a process of printing positives in which a platinum salt is used, rather than the usual silver salts, in order to make a more permanent print.
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- pointy-head — stupid; idiotic.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polygrapher — a person who employs a code cipher
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- pony league — a baseball league similar to a Little League and having teams whose players are from 13 to 14 years of age.
- pool player — a person who plays pool
- potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
- power alley — either of the two areas in the outfield between the outfielders
- poyang lake — a lake in E China, in N Jiangxi province, connected by canal with the Yangtze River: the second largest lake in China. Area (at its greatest): 2780 sq km (1073 sq miles)
- prayer book — a book containing formal prayers to be used in public or private religious devotions.
- pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- predicatory — of or relating to preaching.
- premonetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- preparatory — serving or designed to prepare: preparatory arrangements.
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- prokaryotes — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- prony brake — a friction brake serving as a dynamometer for measuring torque.
- proprietary — belonging to a proprietor.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
- psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- ptyalagogue — an item that causes the flow of saliva
- pyelography — the science or technique of making photographs of the kidneys, renal pelves, and ureters by means of x-rays, after the injection of an opaque solution or of a radiopaque dye.
- pyrogallate — a salt or ether of pyrogallol.