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11-letter words containing p, a, s, l

  • plastic bag — carrier bag, sack made of plastic
  • plasticated — covered with a layer of plastic
  • plasticizer — any of a group of substances that are used in plastics or other materials to impart viscosity, flexibility, softness, or other properties to the finished product.
  • plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
  • plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
  • plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
  • plate glass — a soda-lime-silica glass formed by rolling the hot glass into a plate that is subsequently ground and polished, used in large windows, mirrors, etc.
  • plateresque — noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
  • plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
  • play possum — opossum.
  • playfulness — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
  • 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.
  • pleasurable — such as to give pleasure; enjoyable; agreeable; pleasant: a pleasurable experience.
  • pleasureful — the state or feeling of being pleased.
  • plebeianism — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
  • pleinairism — pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
  • plisetskaya — Maya (Mikhailovna) [mah-yuh myi-khahy-luh v-nuh] /ˈmɑ yə myɪˈxaɪ ləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1925–2015, Soviet ballet dancer.
  • ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
  • ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
  • pluralistic — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
  • pluriserial — having many series or rows
  • poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • possessable — capable of being possessed
  • 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.
  • postholiday — occurring after a holiday
  • postillator — a writer of postils; an annotator, a postiller
  • postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
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