11-letter words containing e, m, p, l
- plasmapause — the boundary of the plasmasphere, where the particle density decreases very rapidly.
- 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.
- 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
- platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
- 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.
- pleiomerous — (of a flower) having a greater than normal number of parts
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
- pleximetric — relating to a pleximeter
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- 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.
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polymerizes — to subject to polymerization.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- pompelmouse — a large citrus fruit
- pore volume — The pore volume is the total volume of very small openings in a bed of adsorbent particles.
- post-bellum — of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War
- powder mill — a mill in which gunpowder is made.
- 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.
- preemptible — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- 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.
- premorbidly — pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- preterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- price limit — the maximum that somebody is prepared to pay for something
- prime field — a field that contains no proper subset that is itself a field.
- 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.