11-letter words containing a, p, o, y, l
- openability — The quality of being openable.
- operability — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- operatively — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- opthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- optionality — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- osteoplasty — plastic surgery on a bone to repair a defect or loss.
- palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
- paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- pantonality — twelve-tone technique.
- paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- payday loan — A payday loan is a small personal cash loan at a very high interest rate, secured by the borrower's next paycheck.
- payload bay — cargo bay.
- payroll tax — a tax levied against the amount of wages and salaries paid workers.
- peace lobby — a lobby for peace or the end of conflict
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- pentastylos — a pentastyle building, as a classical temple.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- phylloclade — a flattened stem or branch having the function of a leaf.
- phyllomania — the production of leaves in abnormal numbers or places.
- phylloplane — the surface of a leaf considered as a habitat, esp for microorganisms
- phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- pictorially — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- planetology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- planography — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- plantocracy — government by plantation owners.
- plasmolysis — contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis.
- 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.
- play around — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play doctor — a person, usually a professional playwright, employed to improve a script, especially shortly before the play's opening.
- play possum — opossum.
- playstation — (games, hardware) The leading family of games consoles, from Sony Corporation consisting of the original Playstation (PS1) and the Playstation 2 (PS2). The basic Playstations consist of a small box containing the processor and a DVD reader, with video outputs to connect to a TV, sockets for two game controllers, and a socket for one or two memory cards. The PS2 also has USB sockets. The PS2 can run PS1 software because the PS2's I/O processor is the same as the PS1's CPU.
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- policy loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company to a policyholder with the cash value of the policy serving as security.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- politically — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.