11-letter words containing n, a, i, l, p, o
- optionality — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- outline map — a map which only provides very basic information so that more details can be added
- overexplain — to explain in too much detail
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palpitation — the act of palpitating.
- panel point — a joint between two or more members of a truss.
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- pantonality — twelve-tone technique.
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
- paralimnion — the region of a lake floor between the shoreline or water's edge and the zone of rooted vegetation
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- passionless — not feeling or moved by passion; cold or unemotional; calm or detached.
- patrimonial — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
- pearl danio — a slender iridescent tropical cyprinid, Brachydanio albolineatus, from parts of southeast Asia: a popular freshwater aquarium fish.
- pearl onion — a small white onion, often pickled and used as an appetizer or garnish.
- pedal piano — a piano having a pedal keyboard of 29 notes and connected with an action placed at the back where a special soundboard, covered with 29 strings, is built into the case.
- pedal point — a sustained bass note, over which the other parts move bringing about changing harmonies
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- penological — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pensionable — worker: of retirement age
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- personalise — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- 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.
- personalize — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- petalomania — the condition in which a flower has proportionately more petals than is normal
- phainopepla — a crested passerine bird, Phainopepla nitens, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- phallotoxin — any of a group of potent mycotoxins produced by certain mushroom species of the genus Amanita.
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- philologian — a philologist.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- phyllomania — the production of leaves in abnormal numbers or places.
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- piano stool — adjustable stool used by pianist
- pilocarpine — an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C 1 1 H 1 6 N 2 O 2 , obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.
- pilot plant — an experimental industrial plant in which processes or techniques planned for use in full-scale operation are tested in advance.
- pina colada — a tall mixed drink of rum, cream of coconut, pineapple juice, and ice usually frappéed in a blender.
- pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
- pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pink salmon — a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.
- pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pinot blanc — any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.