11-letter words containing n, a, i, l, p, o
- piston land — A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings.
- piston slap — the characteristic sound of a seriously worn piston in a cylinder (usually of the engine of a motor car)
- pixellation — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
- plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- 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.
- playstation — (games, hardware) The leading family of games consoles, from Sony Corporation consisting of the original Playstation (PS1) and the Playstation 2 (PS2). The basic Playstations consist of a small box containing the processor and a DVD reader, with video outputs to connect to a TV, sockets for two game controllers, and a socket for one or two memory cards. The PS2 also has USB sockets. The PS2 can run PS1 software because the PS2's I/O processor is the same as the PS1's CPU.
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policy loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company to a policyholder with the cash value of the policy serving as security.
- poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
- pollination — the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma.
- polling day — date of election voting
- polyactinal — possessing many rays
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polylingual — pertaining to, expressed in, or using several languages; multilingual.
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- postnuptial — subsequent to marriage: postnuptial adjustments.
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulation — to ask, demand, or claim.
- pot-valiant — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- probational — the act of testing.
- proclaimant — someone who proclaims
- proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
- promotional — advancement in rank or position.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronatalist — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- 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.
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- pullulation — to send forth sprouts, buds, etc.; germinate; sprout.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- pustulation — the formation or breaking out of pustules.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.