11-letter words containing p, l, o, i
- prairie owl — burrowing owl.
- pramipexole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
- pre-diploma — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
- 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.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- predisposal — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- preelection — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- premorbidly — pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
- primatology — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- 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.
- probabilism — Philosophy. the doctrine, introduced by the Skeptics, that certainty is impossible and that probability suffices to govern faith and practice.
- probability — the quality or fact of being probable.
- probational — the act of testing.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procephalic — of or relating to the head.
- processible — capable of being processed.
- prochlorite — a dark green member of the chlorite group, usually foliated.
- proclaimant — someone who proclaims
- proctologic — the branch of medicine dealing with the rectum and anus.
- procyclical — cyclic.
- prodigality — the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
- prodigalize — to spend lavishly
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- profiterole — a small cream puff with a sweet or savory filling, as of cream and chocolate sauce.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
- proletariat — common people, working class
- proletarize — to proletarianize.
- proliferate — spread
- proliferous — proliferating.
- prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prolificity — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prolocution — an introductory remark or speech
- prolocutrix — a female prolocutor
- promilitary — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- prominently — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- promiseless — without promise
- promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- promotional — advancement in rank or position.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- 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.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- 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.