11-letter words containing i, m, p, l, e
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- powder mill — a mill in which gunpowder is made.
- pramipexole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- primigenial — relating to an early stage of existence; primitive
- primitively — being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- prominently — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- promiseless — without promise
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
- psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
- publishment — publication.
- reimplement — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- reptiliform — having the form or appearance of a reptile
- ripple mark — one of the wavy lines or ridges produced, especially on sand, by the action of waves, wind, or the like.
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- semiellipse — a half ellipse, usually one containing both ends of the major axis.
- semipalmate — partially or imperfectly palmate, as a bird's foot; half-webbed.
- semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.