11-letter words containing p, l, o, i
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- soldiership — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
- solipsistic — of or characterized by solipsism, or the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist: Her treatment philosophy dealt with madness as a complete, self-contained, solipsistic world that sane people are not able to enter.
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- spasmolysis — the relaxation or relief of muscle spasm.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- spermophile — any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- spider hole — a foxhole with a camouflaged lid or cover in which a sniper hides
- spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- spiraliform — having or resembling spiral lines
- spirillosis — a bacterial disease
- spiroplasma — any of numerous bacteria of the genus Spiroplasma that have no cell walls or flagella and are parasitic in plants and arthropods.
- splint bone — one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones of the horse or some allied animal, one on each side of the back of each cannon bone.
- splodginess — the state of being splodgy
- spondulicks — money; cash.
- spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- spondylitis — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- spondylosis — immobility and fusion of vertebral joints.
- sporulation — to produce spores.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
- spring roll — an egg roll.
- stipulation — a condition, demand, or promise in an agreement or contract.
- stipuliform — shaped like a stipule.
- stobie pole — a steel and concrete pole for supporting electricity wires
- stock split — the act or result of splitting stock
- stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
- stylopodium — a glandular disk or expansion surmounting the ovary and supporting the styles in plants of the parsley family.
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- superpolite — extremely polite
- suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
- syphilology — the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of syphilis
- tailhopping — the act of hopping to lift the tails of the skis off the ground while flexing the knees into a crouching position
- technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- telephoning — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
- telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
- tempolabile — changing irregularly with time
- temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
- temporalize — to make temporal in time; place in time.
- temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.