11-letter words containing l, a, t, e, r, o
- orthoclases — Plural form of orthoclase.
- osteodermal — characterized by osteoderms
- otter trawl — a trawl net equipped with otter boards.
- outerplanar — (mathematics) Describing a graph having a planar embedding such that the vertices lie on a circle and the edges lie inside that circle.
- outgenerals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgeneral.
- overballast — (transitive) To load with too much ballast.
- overblanket — a blanket that is placed on a bed on top of the other bedding
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- overinflate — to inflate to an excessive degree
- overleather — the upper part of a shoe
- overliteral — literal to a fault
- overvoltage — Electricity. excess voltage.
- paleoarctic — palearctic.
- paleocortex — the olfactory region of the brain.
- paper towel — absorbent kitchen tissue
- paracetamol — painkilling drug
- parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
- patelliform — having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- personalist — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- petrodollar — profits made from oil exports
- petrol tank — The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
- plate armor — armor made of thin, flat, shaped pieces of wrought iron or steel.
- plate proof — proof taken from a plate ready for printing.
- plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
- plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
- 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.
- poles apart — each of the extremities of the axis of the earth or of any spherical body.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- potwalloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
- power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- predoctoral — of or relating to study undertaken in preparation for a doctoral degree.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- 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.
- projectable — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.