11-letter words containing o, p, i, l, a
- octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
- openability — The quality of being openable.
- operability — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- operational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- operatively — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- ophicalcite — a type of marble containing serpentine and calcite
- ophthalmist — an eye expert; an oculist
- optical art — op art.
- optimizable — Capable of being optimized.
- 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.
- overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
- oxtail soup — soup made using the skinned tail of an ox
- paedophilia — Paedophilia is sexual activity with children or the condition of being sexually attracted to children.
- palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
- paleoarctic — palearctic.
- paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
- 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.
- palos hills — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- 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.
- papilliform — resembling a papilla.
- parabolical — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- paralimnion — the region of a lake floor between the shoreline or water's edge and the zone of rooted vegetation
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- parfocalize — to make parfocal
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- passionless — not feeling or moved by passion; cold or unemotional; calm or detached.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- pastoralist — a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
- patelliform — having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
- patrimonial — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother