12-letter words containing p, e, l, t, o
- night people — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- nondepleting — not depleting
- nonpetroleum — not containing any petroleum based substance
- north platte — a river flowing from N Colorado through SE Wyoming and W Nebraska into the Platte. 618 miles (995 sq. km) long.
- note payable — A note payable is a written legal obligation to repay an amount of borrowed money at a particular future date.
- nullipotence — Quality of being nullipotent.
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- octyl phenol — a white to pink, water-insoluble, flaky substance having the formula C 1 4 H 2 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of commercial surface-active agents.
- oil deposits — reserves of petroleum found underground (or under the sea)
- oligopeptide — A peptide whose molecules contain a relatively small number of amino-acid residues.
- omelette pan — a frying pan that is designed for making omelettes in.
- omnipotently — almighty or infinite in power, as God.
- on the panel — receiving sickness benefit, esp from the government
- on the prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- one-act play — a short play consisting of only one act
- opalescently — In an opalescent manner.
- open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- open couplet — a couplet that concludes with a run-on line.
- open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- open trailer — any dog that barks or bays on the trail of its quarry.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- operatorless — Without an operator (person who operates); fully automatic.
- opinionately — in a conceited or vain manner
- optical grep — vgrep
- optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- osteoplastic — Surgery. pertaining to osteoplasty.
- out of place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- outer planet — any of the four planets with orbits outside the orbit of Mars, namely, the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- outlet point — an opening (on a pipe, etc) permitting escape or release (of liquid, etc)
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- outside loop — a loop during which the back of the airplane is on the outer side of the curve described by the course of flight.
- overexplicit — excessively explicit
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- overpopulate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- oyster plant — salsify.
- paint roller — a roller of absorbent material, mounted on a handle, that is rolled in a trough of paint and then rolled over a flat surface to be painted.
- palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
- palaeolithic — the period of the emergence of primitive man and the manufacture of unpolished chipped stone tools, about 2.5 million to 3 million years ago until about 12 000 bc
- paleoclimate — the climate of some former period of geologic time.
- paleontology — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
- paraglossate — having paraglossae
- parallel top — a parallel line or plane.
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°