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11-letter words containing o, t, p, l

  • polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
  • polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
  • polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
  • polytrophic — (of certain bacteria) deriving nourishment from many organic substances.
  • polyvoltine — multivoltine.
  • pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
  • pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
  • pop culture — cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.
  • popish plot — an imaginary conspiracy against the crown of Great Britain on the part of English Roman Catholics, fabricated in 1678 by Titus Oates as a means of gaining power.
  • popmobility — a form of exercise that combines aerobics in a continuous dance routine, performed to pop music
  • port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
  • port lavaca — a town in S Texas.
  • port talbot — a port in SE Wales, in Neath Port Talbot county borough on Swansea Bay: established as a coal port in the mid-19th century; large steelworks; ore terminal. Pop: 35 633 (2001)
  • port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
  • portability — the state or quality of being portable.
  • portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
  • porterville — a town in central California.
  • porto velho — a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.
  • possibilist — of or relating to the geographical theory of possibilism
  • possibility — the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.
  • post-bellum — of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War
  • post-coital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
  • post-cyclic — denoting rules that apply only after the transformations of a whole cycle
  • post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
  • 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
  • postcollege — an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university.
  • postcranial — located posterior to the head.
  • postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
  • postel, jon — Jon Postel
  • posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • postpyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
  • 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.
  • pot of gold — the realization of all one's hopes and dreams; ultimate success, fulfillment, or happiness: to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
  • pot-bellied — a distended or protuberant belly.
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