16-letter words containing a, t, i, l

platinum-iridium — (standard) A standard, against which all others of the same category are measured. Usage: silly. The notion is that one of whatever it is has actually been cast in platinum-iridium alloy and placed in the vault beside the Standard Kilogram at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris, as the bar defining the standard metre once was. "This garbage collection algorithm has been tested against the platinum-iridium cons cell in Paris." Compare golden.
play off against — If you play people off against each other, you make them compete or argue, so that you gain some advantage.
play-action pass — a pass play designed to deceive the defense by appearing to be a running play, in which the quarterback fakes a hand-off to a back before throwing a forward pass.
plutarch's lives — (Parallel Lives) a collection (a.d. 105–15) by Plutarch of short biographies of the leading political figures of ancient Greece and Rome.
pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
point of sailing — the bearing of a sailing vessel, considered with relation to the direction of the wind.
polar coordinate — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
polar opposition — the relation between a pair of antonyms that denote relatively higher and lower degrees of a quality with respect to an explicit or implicit norm rather than absolute values, as the relation between tall and short or light and dark, but not between true and false.
police constable — police officer
policy statement — a declaration of the plans and intentions of an organization or government
political asylum — asylum provided by one nation to refugees, especially political refugees, from another nation.
political system — a coordinated set of principles, laws, ideas, and procedures relating to a particular form of government, or the form of government itself: Democracy is a political system in which citizens govern themselves.
politicalization — to cause to be political; color with politics.
polycondensation — formation of a polymer by chemical condensation with the elimination of a small molecule, such as water.
polyvinyl acetal — any of the class of thermoplastic resins derived by the condensation of an aldehyde with polyvinyl alcohol.
port phillip bay — a bay in SE Australia: the harbor of Melbourne. 31 miles (50 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
portable airtime — (communications, wireless) A wireless, digital communications system enabling user-to-user voice communication, "quicknotes", and alphanumeric messaging.
portrait gallery — a gallery where pictures are displayed
post-apocalyptic — of or like an apocalypse; affording a revelation or prophecy.
post-elizabethan — of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times: Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music.
postencephalitic — inflammation of the substance of the brain.
potemkin village — a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition.
potential energy — the energy of a body or a system with respect to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system.
practical effect — Usually, practical effects. a special effect that is created live on the set of a film, using real-world objects.
practical reason — (in Kantian ethics) reason applied to the problem of action and choice, especially in ethical matters.
pre-solicitation — the act of soliciting.
precontemplation — the act of contemplating; thoughtful observation.
predispositional — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
prerevolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
primary election — primary (def 15a).
primary electron — in thermionics, any of the electrons falling on a body, distinguished from those emitted by it
principal rafter — a diagonal member of a roof principal, usually forming part of a truss and supporting the purlins on which the common rafters rest.
print journalism — journalism as practiced in newspapers and magazines.
prismatic colors — the colors of the visible spectrum produced by passing white light through a prism; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another
private-line car — a freight car owned by a company other than a railroad but operated over the tracks of railroads.
privileged altar — an altar at which a plenary indulgence for a departed soul may be granted upon celebration of a Mass.
pro-abolitionist — (especially prior to the Civil War) a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
processing plant — a factory where raw materials are treated or prepared by a special method, esp one where food is treated in order to preserve it
proenvironmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
programmatically — by using a computer program: You can set the value in each field programmatically with a simple algorithm. The background shapes can be programmatically drawn and animated.
project planning — project management
projective plane — (mathematics) The space of equivalence classes of vectors under non-zero scalar multiplication. Elements are sets of the form {kv: k != 0, k scalar, v != O, v a vector} where O is the origin. v is a representative member of this equivalence class. The projective plane of a vector space is the collection of its 1-dimensional subspaces. The properties of the vector space induce a topology and notions of smoothness on the projective plane. A projective plane is in no meaningful sense a plane and would therefore be (but isn't) better described as a "projective space".
prolonged-action — sustained-release.
promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.
prophylactically — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
proposal writing — Extension of Fortran for proposal writing.
propylthiouracil — a white crystalline compound, C 7 H 1 0 N 2 OS, that interferes with the synthesis of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland: used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism.
proto-algonquian — the unattested parent language from which the Algonquian languages are descended.
pseudo-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.

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