11-letter words containing l, i, o, n, e
- platinotype — a process of printing positives in which a platinum salt is used, rather than the usual silver salts, in order to make a more permanent print.
- 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.
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- 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.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policyowner — policyholder.
- 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.
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- polyvoltine — multivoltine.
- ponderingly — in a pondering manner
- 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.
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
- potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- preelection — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
- prominently — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- prosiliency — prominence
- providently — having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future.
- 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.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
- pyrrolidine — a colorless, water-soluble, unpleasant smelling, poisonous liquid, C 4 H 9 N, from which proline and certain alkaloids are derived, prepared by reducing pyrrole: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- queen olive — any large, meaty olive suitable for pickling or processing.
- quinagolide — A dopamine agonist used to treat elevated levels of prolactin.
- quinazoline — a colorless, crystalline, heterocyclic compound, C 8 H 6 N 2 .
- quinoxaline — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 8 H 6 N 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- quinquefoil — cinquefoil (def 2).
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- random line — a trial survey line run from a station toward a predetermined point that cannot be seen from the station.
- rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- rationalize — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- re-election — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- real income — the amount of goods and services that money income will buy.
- realization — the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
- recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
- reclamation — the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.