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11-letter words containing p, a, i, l, o

  • lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
  • litholapaxy — the procedure of removing bladder stones by crushing them and extracting them through a catheter
  • logagraphia — inability to express ideas in writing
  • logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
  • loop aerial — an aerial that consists of one or more coils of wire wound on a frame. Maximum radiation or reception is in the plane of the loop, the minimum occurring at right angles to it
  • lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
  • lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
  • lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
  • lyssophobia — a pathological fear of going insane.
  • mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
  • maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
  • malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
  • malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
  • malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
  • malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
  • manila rope — rope made from Manila hemp.
  • manipulator — a person who manipulates.
  • megalopolis — a very large city.
  • megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
  • megapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
  • meliphagous — feeding on honey
  • mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
  • metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
  • microcephal — a person with microcephaly
  • minneapolis — a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
  • moon pillar — a halo phenomenon in which a vertical streak of light appears above and below the moon, believed to be caused by the reflection of moonlight by ice crystals with vertical axes.
  • mpls domain — (networking)   A portion of a network that contains devices that understand MPLS.
  • multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
  • myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
  • nail polish — a polish of quick-drying lacquer, either clear or colored, used to paint the fingernails or toenails.
  • naphazoline — 2-(1-naphthylmethyl)-2-imidazoline hydrochloride, a sympathomimetic agent used as a vasoconstrictor.
  • napoleon ii — (François Charles Joseph Bonaparte; Duke of Reichstadt) 1811–32, titular king of Rome (son of Napoleon I).
  • napoleonite — a variety of diorite rock with a spherical structure
  • narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
  • naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
  • necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
  • neoplatonic — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
  • neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
  • nodal point — either of two points on the axis of a lens or other optical system, determined by extending an incident oblique ray and the corresponding refracted ray to the axis for the pair of rays that are parallel outside the optical system.
  • nominal par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
  • non-optical — of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.
  • non-typical — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
  • nonhospital — not related to, identified with, or taking place in a hospital
  • nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • nontropical — not located in or originating from the tropics, not having the characteristics of the tropics
  • notaphilist — a person who studies or collects paper money
  • nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
  • occipitalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontal muscle.
  • occipitally — from an occipital point of view
  • ochlophobia — an abnormal fear of crowds.
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