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11-letter words containing a, p, e, l, i, n

  • planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
  • planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
  • planisphere — a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time.
  • plantigrade — walking on the whole sole of the foot, as humans, and bears.
  • plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
  • platemaking — the act of making plates
  • 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.
  • platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
  • platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
  • plebeianism — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
  • plebeianize — to make popular or vulgar
  • pleinairism — pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
  • pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
  • pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
  • policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
  • portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
  • postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
  • pre-exilian — being or occurring prior to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
  • preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
  • precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
  • preclinical — of or relating to the period prior to the appearance of the symptoms.
  • precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
  • prelibation — a foretaste.
  • preliminary — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • preprandial — before a meal, especially before dinner; anteprandial: a preprandial apéritif.
  • preterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
  • prevailment — the action of prevailing
  • previsional — characteristic of prevision
  • primigenial — relating to an early stage of existence; primitive
  • proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
  • propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
  • psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
  • pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
  • reexplained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • repaglinide — an oral drug used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, often in combination with metformin.
  • replication — a reply; answer.
  • reptilianly — in the manner of a reptilian
  • ripple-tank — a shallow container of water in which waves are produced by vibrating an object in the water, used to observe or demonstrate wave phenomena.
  • saline drip — the usually intravenous drop-by-drop administration of an isotonic solution of sodium chloride in distilled water
  • saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
  • scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
  • sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
  • septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
  • sesquiplane — a biplane having one wing with not more than half the surface area of the other wing.
  • shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
  • single tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
  • snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
  • speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
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