11-letter words containing l, e, p, t, o
- operculated — relating to the operculum
- ophicalcite — a type of marble containing serpentine and calcite
- opportunely — appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion.
- optimizable — Capable of being optimized.
- optocoupler — An optoisolator.
- osteoplasty — plastic surgery on a bone to repair a defect or loss.
- outerplanar — (mathematics) Describing a graph having a planar embedding such that the vertices lie on a circle and the edges lie inside that circle.
- outlet pipe — a pipe with an opening which permits escape or release (of liquid, etc)
- outline map — a map which only provides very basic information so that more details can be added
- outpopulate — to surpass in populating
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- outspokenly — In an outspoken manner.
- overexploit — to use (natural resources etc) excessively, causing a reduction
- overplotted — relating to an excessively elaborate plot
- paddle boat — small boat with pedals
- palaeontol. — palaeontology
- palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
- paleoarctic — palearctic.
- paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
- paleocortex — the olfactory region of the brain.
- paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
- panel point — a joint between two or more members of a truss.
- pantalooned — wearing pantaloons
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- 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.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
- pedal point — a sustained bass note, over which the other parts move bringing about changing harmonies
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- pentastylos — a pentastyle building, as a classical temple.
- pentecostal — of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
- perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- peril point — the lower limit of a tariff on a commodity at which import of that commodity would have a seriously adverse effect on the local producers.
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- 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.
- pestologist — a person who analyses and researches pests and how to get rid of them
- petalomania — the condition in which a flower has proportionately more petals than is normal
- petrodollar — profits made from oil exports
- petroglyphy — the skill or procedure of making rock carvings
- petrol bomb — Molotov cocktail.