11-letter words containing p, i, l, o, s
- promiseless — without promise
- promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- 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.
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- prosiliency — prominence
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- protocolist — a person who drafts protocols
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- prusik loop — a loop formed with a sliding knot that locks under pressure in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
- 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
- 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.
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psychobilly — loud frantic rockabilly music
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychologic — of or relating to psychology.
- psychophily — the pollination of flowers by butterflies
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- punctilious — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- pustulation — the formation or breaking out of pustules.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- responsibly — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
- sapiosexual — a person who finds intelligence to be a sexually attractive quality in others.
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- sapropelite — a foul-smelling mud
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
- scholarship — learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
- school ship — a vessel used in training students for nautical careers.
- school trip — educational outing
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- scopophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- scopophilic — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scotophilic — living and flourishing in darkness.
- scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
- scripophile — a person who practices scripophily.