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11-letter words containing p, l, o, i

  • tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
  • the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
  • the dolphin — the constellation Delphinus
  • thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
  • tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
  • timbrophily — the love of stamps; stamp collecting
  • toilet soap — a mild and usually perfumed soap for washing the hands and face and for bathing.
  • top billing — the first or most prominent position in a list of actors or entertainers, as on a marquee or screen.
  • top slicing — mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted.
  • toploftical — having a superior or disdainful attitude; toplofty
  • totipalmate — having all four toes fully webbed.
  • toxophilite — a devotee of archery; archer.
  • trapezoidal — Geometry. a quadrilateral plane figure having two parallel and two nonparallel sides. British. trapezium (def 1b).
  • tripersonal — consisting of or existing in three persons, as the Godhead.
  • tripetalous — having three petals.
  • triphyllous — having three leaves.
  • triple bond — a chemical linkage consisting of three covalent bonds between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by three lines or six dots, as CH≡CH or CH⋮⋮CH.
  • triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
  • trisepalous — having three sepals.
  • trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
  • tropicality — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
  • tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • trothplight — engagement to be married; betrothal.
  • tulipomania — (in 17th-century Holland) a widespread obsession with tulips, especially of highly prized varieties, as those of a streaked, variegated, or unusual color.
  • turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
  • typing pool — group of secretaries
  • typological — the doctrine or study of types or prefigurative symbols, especially in scriptural literature.
  • tyroglyphid — a tick or mite of the family Tyroglyphidae
  • unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
  • uncompliant — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
  • uncomplying — to act or be in accordance with wishes, requests, demands, requirements, conditions, etc.; agree (sometimes followed by with): They asked him to leave and he complied. She has complied with the requirements.
  • undespoiled — (of nature, land, etc.) not damaged or despoiled; pristine
  • unexploited — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • unipersonal — consisting of or existing as one person only.
  • unipetalous — having only one petal.
  • unpolarized — of or relating to a medium that exhibits polarization.
  • unpolitical — not politically oriented or organized
  • upvaluation — the state or process of being or becoming higher in value
  • vanilla pod — the seed pod of the vanilla plant, used in cooking
  • vapor trail — contrail.
  • vapouringly — in a boastful manner
  • very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
  • vinyl group — the univalent group C 3 H 3 , derived from ethylene.
  • vowel point — any of a group of auxiliary symbols, as small lines and dots, placed above or below consonant symbols to indicate vowels in a writing system, as that of Hebrew or Arabic, in which vowels are otherwise not written.
  • wading pool — a small, shallow pool for children to wade and play in.
  • well-copied — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
  • weltpolitik — the policy of participation in world affairs
  • westpolitik — a policy of a Communist country of adopting trade and diplomatic relations with non-Communist nations.
  • whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
  • whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
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