11-letter words containing p, a, s, l
- 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.
- 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.
- potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- prank flash — a short film or animation linked surreptitiously to an innocuous website, intended to shock unsuspecting and easily-offended users of the internet
- pre-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
- pre-release — something released beforehand, as a movie shown before its scheduled premiere.
- pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
- preassembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- precalculus — pertaining to the mathematical prerequisites for the study of calculus, as algebra, analytical geometry, and trigonometry.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- presbyteral — of or relating to a presbyter or presbytery
- presentable — that may be presented.
- preservable — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- probabilism — Philosophy. the doctrine, introduced by the Skeptics, that certainty is impossible and that probability suffices to govern faith and practice.
- processable — capable of being processed.
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronatalist — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- prophylaxis — Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- protestable — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- provascular — of or relating to procambium
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- psaligraphy — the art of cutting out silhouettes
- psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
- pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
- pseudopodal — (of protozoans) belonging to the former division Pseudopoda
- psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
- psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
- psychically — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- public sale — auction (def 1).
- publishable — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- pulsatility — pulsating; throbbing.
- pulse radar — a radar system using pulse modulation
- punctualist — a person who is concerned with points of conduct