11-letter words containing a, i, r, l, o
- olfactorily — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- oneirically — In an oneiric fashion.
- operability — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- operational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- operatively — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- optical art — op art.
- oracularity — Oracular speech or behaviour.
- oral cavity — inside of the mouth
- orange lily — a bulbous lily, Lilium bulbiferum, of the mountainous regions of southern Europe, having erect, crimson-spotted, orange flowers.
- orangeville — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- orbicularis — a muscle surrounding an opening
- orbicularly — In an orbicular fashion.
- organically — in an organic manner.
- organizable — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- orientalism — a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
- orientalist — A person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient.
- orientality — the state of being oriental
- orientalize — Alternative capitalization of Orientalize.
- originalism — The principle or belief that the original intent of an author should be adhered to in later interpretations of a work.
- originalist — One who has, or tends to have, original ideas.
- originality — the quality or state of being original.
- oscillators — Plural form of oscillator.
- oscillatory — characterized by or involving oscillation.
- oscillogram — the record produced by the action of an oscillograph or oscilloscope.
- overexplain — to explain in too much detail
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- overinflate — to inflate to an excessive degree
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overliteral — literal to a fault
- overloading — (language) (Or "Operator overloading"). Use of a single symbol to represent operators with different argument types, e.g. "-", used either, as a monadic operator to negate an expression, or as a dyadic operator to return the difference between two expressions. Another example is "+" used to add either integers or floating-point numbers. Overloading is also known as ad-hoc polymorphism. User-defined operator overloading is provided by several modern programming languages, e.g. C++'s class system and the functional programming language Haskell's type classes. Ad-hoc polymorphism (better described as overloading) is the ability to use the same syntax for objects of different types, e.g. "+" for addition of reals and integers or "-" for unary negation or diadic subtraction. Parametric polymorphism allows the same object code for a function to handle arguments of many types but overloading only reuses syntax and requires different code to handle different types.
- overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
- paleoarctic — palearctic.
- palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- papilliform — resembling a papilla.
- parabolical — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- paralimnion — the region of a lake floor between the shoreline or water's edge and the zone of rooted vegetation
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- parfocalize — to make parfocal
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- pastoralist — a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
- patelliform — having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.
- patrimonial — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.