11-letter words containing a, p, l, m
- plasma ball — a glass globe containing a low density gas and a central electrode that creates lightning-like streams of light.
- plasma cell — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- plasmalemma — cell membrane.
- plasmalogen — any of the class of phosphatides that contain an aldehyde of a fatty acid, found in heart and skeletal muscle, the brain, the liver, and in eggs.
- plasmapause — the boundary of the plasmasphere, where the particle density decreases very rapidly.
- plasmatical — relating to plasma
- plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
- plasmodesma — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
- plasmolysis — contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis.
- plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
- plate armor — armor made of thin, flat, shaped pieces of wrought iron or steel.
- platemaking — the act of making plates
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
- play possum — opossum.
- plebeianism — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
- 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.
- plum tomato — an egg-shaped or oblong variety of tomato.
- plumularian — a member of the genus Plumularia
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
- pole hammer — a shafted weapon having a spiked hammer head.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polyamorous — noting or relating to polyamory, the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polygonatum — a plant of the genus Polygonatum
- polymyalgia — a chronic inflammatory disease, common among older persons, characterized by recurrent episodes of muscle pain and stiffness, sometimes leading to cardiovascular complications or blindness.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- polyzoarium — a bryozoan colony, or its supporting skeleton.
- postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pragmatical — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
- pramipexole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
- prattlement — chatter, prattling
- 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-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
- pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
- preambulary — of, pertaining to or of the nature of a preamble; preliminary, introductory
- preambulate — to make a preamble, to give an introduction
- preassembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- preliminary — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- prematerial — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- prematurely — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- premedieval — prior to the Middle Ages.
- preterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- primatology — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- prime ideal — an ideal in a ring with a multiplicative identity, having the property that when the product of two elements of the ring results in an element of the ideal, at least one of the elements is an element of the ideal.