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11-letter words containing a, l, e, y, o, p

  • 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)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
  • proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
  • 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.
  • pyrolysable — able to be pyrolysed
  • pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
  • sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
  • self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • stroke play — medal play.
  • sympetalous — gamopetalous.
  • synsepalous — gamosepalous.
  • temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
  • temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
  • tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
  • thallophyte — any of the Thallophyta, a plant division in some older classification schemes, comprising algae, fungi, and lichens.
  • thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
  • varley loop — a device containing a Wheatstone bridge, for comparing resistances and for locating faults in circuits.
  • xylographed — Simple past tense and past participle of xylograph.
  • xylographer — A person who makes xylographs.
  • yellow soap — old-fashioned all-purpose soap
  • zygopleural — possessing symmetry on both sides
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