14-letter words containing l, p, a
- polarizability — to cause polarization in.
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
- police academy — a school for training police officers
- police station — police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.
- police village — a village lacking corporate status as a municipality, its affairs being administered by an elected board of trustees.
- policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
- politicization — to bring a political character or flavor to; make political: to politicize a private dispute.
- polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
- polycarboxylic — of or like a polycarboxylate
- polycarpellary — consisting of two or more carpels.
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- polygraph test — a test carried out using a polygraph, esp used by the police to try to find out whether somebody is telling the truth
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- polyphonically — consisting of many voices or sounds.
- polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- pontius pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- pool attendant — a person who keeps watch at a swimming pool, and rescues anyone in danger of drowning
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- popularization — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- porcelain ware — articles made of porcelain, such as plates and cups
- port charlotte — a town in SW Florida.
- port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
- port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
- portulacaceous — belonging to the Portulacaceae, the purslane family of plants.
- position angle — the direction in which one object lies relative to another on the celestial sphere, measured in degrees from north in an easterly direction
- post-classical — of or relating to a time after the classical period, especially in art, culture, or literature.
- post-conciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
- postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
- postal service — organized handling and delivery of mail
- postcapitalist — denoting a period or society no longer based on capitalism
- postcollegiate — denoting something that takes place after college or among those that are no longer at college
- postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
- posterolateral — situated both laterally and at the posterior
- postganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
- postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- postmenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- postmillennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
- postminimalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style in painting and sculpture developing in the 1970s, retaining the formal simplifications of minimal art, but striving to imbue works with a broad range of meaning and reference and often demonstrating a concern with craft and a kinship with tribal art and sculpture.
- postnasal drip — a trickling of mucus onto the pharyngeal surface from the posterior portion of the nasal cavity, usually caused by a cold or allergy.
- postnatal ward — a ward in a hospital where women and their babies are provided with medical care immediately after the birth of the baby
- potamoplankton — plankton living in freshwater streams.
- potassium alum — alum1 (def 1).
- potassium-alum — Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- potato psyllid — a tiny homopterous insect, Paratrioza cockerelli, occurring in some areas of the western U.S., western Canada, and Mexico: a serious pest to potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers, the nymphs acting as vectors in the transmission of psyllid yellows.
- potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
- potential well — a localized region in a field of force in which the potential has a deep minimum
- poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat