11-letter words containing l, p, a, t
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
- postnatally — after birth, following a birth
- postnuptial — subsequent to marriage: postnuptial adjustments.
- postorbital — located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulation — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
- pot-valiant — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- 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.
- poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
- practicable — capable of being done, effected, or put into practice, with the available means; feasible: a practicable solution.
- practically — in effect; virtually: It is practically useless to protest.
- pragmatical — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
- prattlement — chatter, prattling
- pre-ethical — not governed by ethics, or not having an ethical or moral aspect
- preambulate — to make a preamble, to give an introduction
- precritical — anteceding a crisis.
- precultural — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
- predictable — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predoctoral — of or relating to study undertaken in preparation for a doctoral degree.
- prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- preliterary — occurring before the existence of literature
- preliterate — lacking a written language; nonliterate: a preliterate culture.
- prematerial — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- prematurely — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- preparental — prior to becoming a parent: preparental instruction.
- prepatellar — describing a bursa between the skin of the knee and the patella
- prepubertal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
- presbyteral — of or relating to a presbyter or presbytery
- presentable — that may be presented.
- preterlegal — being beyond the scope or limits of law.
- preterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- prevailment — the action of prevailing
- prevalently — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- preventable — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- primatology — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- private law — a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law (def 2).
- 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.