11-letter words containing e, p, i, l, t
- poikilocyte — an abnormally shaped red blood cell
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- poliorcetic — relating to the besieging of cities
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- politicized — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
- poltergeist — a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- polygenetic — Biology. relating to or exhibiting polygenesis.
- polypeptide — a chain of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds and having a molecular weight of up to about 10,000.
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- polyvoltine — multivoltine.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- porterville — a town in central California.
- posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- pot-bellied — a distended or protuberant belly.
- potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
- potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
- power elite — a closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.
- practicable — capable of being done, effected, or put into practice, with the available means; feasible: a practicable solution.
- pre-ethical — not governed by ethics, or not having an ethical or moral aspect
- precritical — anteceding a crisis.
- predictable — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predilected — chosen in preference
- preelection — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- preemptible — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- preliterary — occurring before the existence of literature
- preliterate — lacking a written language; nonliterate: a preliterate culture.
- prematerial — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- presenility — premature old age.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- 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
- priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
- primitively — being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- prochlorite — a dark green member of the chlorite group, usually foliated.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- profiterole — a small cream puff with a sweet or savory filling, as of cream and chocolate sauce.