11-letter words containing p, l, a, y
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- polyzoarium — a bryozoan colony, or its supporting skeleton.
- pony league — a baseball league similar to a Little League and having teams whose players are from 13 to 14 years of age.
- pool player — a person who plays pool
- portability — the state or quality of being portable.
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- postnatally — after birth, following a birth
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- power alley — either of the two areas in the outfield between the outfielders
- poyang lake — a lake in E China, in N Jiangxi province, connected by canal with the Yangtze River: the second largest lake in China. Area (at its greatest): 2780 sq km (1073 sq miles)
- practically — in effect; virtually: It is practically useless to protest.
- prayer flag — a flag stamped with printed prayers, used by Himalayan Buddhists, who believe that its fluttering sends out the prayers inscribed on it.
- prayerfully — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- preambulary — of, pertaining to or of the nature of a preamble; preliminary, introductory
- 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.
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- preliminary — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- preliterary — occurring before the existence of literature
- prematurely — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- presbyteral — of or relating to a presbyter or presbytery
- prevalently — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- primatology — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- principally — chiefly; mainly.
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- probability — the quality or fact of being probable.
- procyclical — cyclic.
- prodigality — the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
- prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- promilitary — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- 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.
- propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- protanomaly — a defect of vision characterized by a diminished response of the retina to red.
- protocolary — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- protogalaxy — the large concentration of gas and dust from which a galaxy is formed.
- proximately — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
- psaligraphy — the art of cutting out silhouettes
- 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