11-letter words containing o, p, s, a
- 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.
- plaza lasso — Galo [gah-law] /ˈgɑ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–87, Ecuadorian statesman and diplomat, born in the U.S.: president 1948–52.
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- poison bean — Also called bladderpod. a tall plant, Glottidium vesicaria, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers and pods containing highly poisonous seeds.
- polariscope — an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
- poles apart — each of the extremities of the axis of the earth or of any spherical body.
- polyamorous — noting or relating to polyamory, the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- polycarpous — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polycrystal — an object composed of randomly oriented crystals, formed by rapid solidification
- polyphagous — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- pool a risk — If an insurer pools a risk, it takes on a share of each risk underwritten by every other member in an association of insurers or reinsurers.
- portraitist — a person who makes portraits.
- possessable — capable of being possessed
- post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- post-coital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- post-larval — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
- postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
- postal code — British. postcode.
- postal vote — a voting slip that can be filled in at home and sent by post
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- postglacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- postillator — a writer of postils; an annotator, a postiller
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
- postnatally — after birth, following a birth
- postnuptial — subsequent to marriage: postnuptial adjustments.
- postorbital — located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.
- postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulation — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- potter wasp — any of several mason wasps, especially of the genus Eumenes, that construct a juglike nest of mud.