12-letter words containing p, i, l, o, n
- postliminous — occurring after; subsequent
- postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- potentiality — the state or quality of being potential.
- potting soil — enriched topsoil for potting plants, especially house plants.
- poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
- powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- pre-colonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- pre-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- pre-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- preconciliar — (in the Catholic church) of or pertaining to a period prior to a church council, particularly one of the Vatican Councils
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- prednisolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 5 , used in various forms to treat inflammation and allergies and in the treatment of acute leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and lymphomas.
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- prenominally — before a noun
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- pro-colonial — of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies: the colonial policies of France.
- procellarian — a bird species from the genus Procellaria
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profile plan — a diagrammatic fore-and-aft elevation of the hull of a vessel, showing bow and buttock lines, stations, water lines, diagonals, decks, bulwarks, etc.
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prolog-linda — 1. Prolog extended with Linda-style parallelism. Proc 4th Australian Conf on Artif Intell. 2. Neil MacDonald, U Edinburgh 1989. Another Prolog extended with Linda, implemented on a Computing Surface.
- prolongation — the act of prolonging: the prolongation of a line.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- proportional — having due proportion; corresponding.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.