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11-letter words containing l, e, p, n

  • plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
  • 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.
  • pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
  • plenipotent — invested with or possessing full power.
  • plenishings — furnishings or equipment
  • plentifully — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
  • pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
  • plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
  • plunge pool — the water in a plunge basin.
  • pluripotent — (of a cell) capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue except those that form a placenta or embryo: pluripotent stem cells.
  • pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
  • polar angle — 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)
  • policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
  • policyowner — policyholder.
  • pollen tube — the protoplasmic tube that is extruded from a germinating pollen grain and grows toward the ovule.
  • poltroonery — a wretched coward; craven.
  • polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
  • polygenesis — origin from more than one ancestral species or line.
  • polygenetic — Biology. relating to or exhibiting polygenesis.
  • polynuclear — having many nuclei.
  • polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
  • polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
  • polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
  • polyvoltine — multivoltine.
  • ponderingly — in a pondering manner
  • ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
  • pony league — a baseball league similar to a Little League and having teams whose players are from 13 to 14 years of age.
  • 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.
  • postel, jon — Jon Postel
  • postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
  • potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
  • potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
  • power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
  • power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
  • poyang lake — a lake in E China, in N Jiangxi province, connected by canal with the Yangtze River: the second largest lake in China. Area (at its greatest): 2780 sq km (1073 sq miles)
  • prattlement — chatter, prattling
  • pre-control — to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.
  • pre-exilian — being or occurring prior to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • pre-selling — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.
  • pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
  • preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
  • precedently — in a precedent or preceding fashion, beforehand
  • precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
  • preclinical — of or relating to the period prior to the appearance of the symptoms.
  • precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
  • preelection — a choice or selection made beforehand.
  • preen gland — uropygial gland.
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