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11-letter words containing l, i, t, s

  • ophthalmist — an eye expert; an oculist
  • orientalism — a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
  • orientalist — A person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient.
  • originalist — One who has, or tends to have, original ideas.
  • oscillating — Moving in a repeated back-and-forth motion.
  • oscillation — an act or instance of oscillating.
  • oscillative — disposed to oscillation
  • oscillators — Plural form of oscillator.
  • oscillatory — characterized by or involving oscillation.
  • osmotically — Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
  • ostensively — (manner) In an ostensive manner.
  • osteoclasis — Physiology. the breaking down or absorption of osseous tissue.
  • osteologist — the branch of anatomy dealing with the skeleton.
  • ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
  • otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
  • outclassing — Present participle of outclass.
  • outfielders — Plural form of outfielder.
  • outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
  • overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
  • oxtail soup — soup made using the skinned tail of an ox
  • palestinian — a native or inhabitant of Palestine.
  • palk strait — a strait in the Bay of Bengal between SE India and N Sri Lanka, to the N of Adam's Bridge. 40–85 miles (64–137 km) wide.
  • palletising — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
  • palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
  • panel strip — one of a number of strips of wood or metal laid upon the surface of a wall, ceiling, etc., so as to divide it into a number of broad areas, usually in order to conceal joints between sheets of composition material forming the surface.
  • pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
  • parallelist — a person who seeks or makes a comparison.
  • parasitical — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
  • partial sum — one of a series of sums of elements of a given sequence, the first sum being the first element, the second sum being the first element added to the second element, the third sum being equal to the sum of the first three elements, and so on.
  • partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
  • particulars — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
  • pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
  • pastoralist — a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale
  • pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
  • paternalism — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
  • paternalist — government: fatherly in style
  • pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  • pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  • patientless — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
  • patrologist — a student of patrology.
  • patsy clinePatsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
  • pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
  • peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
  • peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
  • peristalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
  • peristaltic — of, relating to, or resembling peristalsis.
  • peristylium — a peristyle.
  • 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
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