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18-letter words containing p, a, i, l, o, n

  • to fall into place — If things fall into place, events happen naturally to produce a situation you want.
  • to lick into shape — If you lick, knock, or whip someone or something into shape, you use whatever methods are necessary to change or improve them so that they are in the condition that you want them to be in.
  • to scrape a living — If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living.
  • to spill the beans — If you spill the beans, you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.
  • traditional option — an option that once purchased cannot be resold
  • traditional policy — a life assurance policy in which the policyholder's premiums are paid into a general fund and his or her investment benefits are calculated according to actuarial formulae
  • traditional weapon — a weapon having ceremonial tribal significance, such as an assegai or knobkerrie
  • unit magnetic pole — the unit of magnetic pole strength equal to the strength of a magnetic pole that repels a similar pole with a force of one dyne, the two poles being placed in a vacuum and separated by a distance of one centimeter.
  • universal coupling — a coupling between rotating shafts set at an angle to one another, allowing for rotation in three planes.
  • upper partial tone — overtone (def 1).
  • wild passionflower — the maypop, Passiflora incarnata.
  • wilson's phalarope — a phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, that breeds in the prairie regions of North America and winters in Argentina and Chile.
  • world championship — an international competition in a particular sport or activity for people all around the world
  • zion national park — a park in SW Utah. 148 sq. mi. (383 sq. km).
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