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12-letter words containing n, a, p, o, l

  • polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
  • pomona glass — an American art glass having one of its surfaces stained a pale amber color and the other surface etched.
  • pons varolii — pons (def 1).
  • popular song — a song that is written to have an immediate and wide appeal and is usually popular for only a short time, but that sometimes is of a sufficiently high quality to become part of the permanent repertoire of popular music and jazz. Compare standard (def 12).
  • populational — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
  • porcelainize — to make into or coat with porcelain or something resembling porcelain.
  • porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
  • porcelaneous — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
  • porcellanise — to bake into porcelain
  • porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
  • porcellanize — to bake into porcelain
  • port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
  • port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
  • positionally — in terms of position, from a positional point of view
  • possessional — of, relating to, or characterized by possession
  • post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • postal union — an international agreement on postal rates and services.
  • postcolonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
  • postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
  • postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
  • postillation — the writing or preaching of postils
  • postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
  • postneonatal — of, relating to, or occurring in the (four week) period after birth
  • postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
  • postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
  • potentiality — the state or quality of being potential.
  • powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • pre-colonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
  • pre-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • preallotment — an allotment given in advance.
  • precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
  • preconciliar — (in the Catholic church) of or pertaining to a period prior to a church council, particularly one of the Vatican Councils
  • prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
  • prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
  • prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
  • premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
  • prenominally — before a noun
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
  • pro-colonial — of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies: the colonial policies of France.
  • procellarian — a bird species from the genus Procellaria
  • processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
  • proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
  • proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
  • prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
  • productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
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