11-letter words containing a, i, r, l, o
- pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- praecordial — of or pertaining to a part of the body near or in front of the heart; located near to or in front of the heart
- prairie owl — burrowing owl.
- pramipexole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
- pre-diploma — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
- 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.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- primatology — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- 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.
- probabilism — Philosophy. the doctrine, introduced by the Skeptics, that certainty is impossible and that probability suffices to govern faith and practice.
- probability — the quality or fact of being probable.
- probational — the act of testing.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procephalic — of or relating to the head.
- proclaimant — someone who proclaims
- procyclical — cyclic.
- prodigality — the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
- prodigalize — to spend lavishly
- proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
- proletariat — common people, working class
- proletarize — to proletarianize.
- proliferate — spread
- prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- promilitary — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- promotional — advancement in rank or position.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronatalist — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prophylaxis — Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prothalamia — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- prothalloid — resembling a prothallus
- protractile — capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- pyrrhuloxia — a cardinallike grosbeak, Cardinalis (Pyrrhuloxia) sinuatus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a bill superficially resembling that of a parrot.
- quadrillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
- radial road — one of many roads, arranged like the radii of a circle, that spread or lead outwards from the centre of a city