12-letter words containing p, i, s, t, l
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- postelection — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- posthospital — following treatment in a hospital
- postillation — the writing or preaching of postils
- postimperial — of, relating to, or designating the period after an empire
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- postliminium — postliminy.
- postliminous — occurring after; subsequent
- postliterate — of or relating to a (hypothetical) time or stage in society when literacy is no longer necessary or valued
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- poststimulus — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following the administering of a stimulus
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- potamologist — a specialist in potamology
- potting soil — enriched topsoil for potting plants, especially house plants.
- practicalism — devotion to practical matters.
- practicalist — devotion to practical matters.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- presentially — in a presential way
- presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
- presterilise — to sterilise in advance
- presterilize — to sterilize in advance
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- proctoclysis — the slow, continuous introduction of a solution into the rectum to improve fluid intake.
- proctologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the rectum and anus.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- propitiously — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- protistology — the biology of the Protista.
- protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- psephologist — A psephologist studies how people vote in elections.
- psi particle — any of a family of mesons consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark.
- psychologist — a specialist in psychology.
- ptyalectasis — spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
- pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- pulley stile — (in a window frame) a stile against which a window sash slides.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- risk capital — venture capital.
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.