11-letter words containing a, i, r, l, o
- patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
- patrologist — a student of patrology.
- pearl danio — a slender iridescent tropical cyprinid, Brachydanio albolineatus, from parts of southeast Asia: a popular freshwater aquarium fish.
- pearl onion — a small white onion, often pickled and used as an appetizer or garnish.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- perilla oil — a light yellow oil, obtained from the seeds of mints of the genus Perilla, used in Asia as a cooking oil and elsewhere in the manufacture of varnish, printing ink, and artificial leather.
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- peroxisomal — of or relating to a peroxisome; of the nature of a peroxisome
- personalise — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personalist — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- personalize — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- pictorially — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pilocarpine — an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C 1 1 H 1 6 N 2 O 2 , obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.
- pilot chart — any of a number of charts issued to mariners by the U.S. Hydrographic Office and showing meteorological, hydrographic, and navigational conditions prevailing, or likely to prevail, subsequent to the date of issue in some part of the world: issued monthly for most areas.
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- plerophoria — full conviction
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
- polar orbit — a spacecraft orbit that passes over, or close to, the geographic poles of the earth or some other celestial body.
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
- polariscope — an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
- polarizable — to cause polarization in.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
- pollakiuria — abnormally frequent urination.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- polyzoarium — a bryozoan colony, or its supporting skeleton.
- pool a risk — If an insurer pools a risk, it takes on a share of each risk underwritten by every other member in an association of insurers or reinsurers.
- portability — the state or quality of being portable.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postillator — a writer of postils; an annotator, a postiller
- postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
- postorbital — located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.