12-letter words containing p, l, o, i
- antipolitics — the rejection of party and electoral politics
- antisepalous — facing the sepals or calyx leaf
- apagogically — in an apagogical manner
- apalachicola — river in NW Fla., flowing from the Fla.-Ga. border southward into the Gulf of Mexico: 90 mi (145 km)
- aphoristical — Alternative form of aphoristic.
- apicomplexan — Describing protists of the phylum Apicomplexa.
- apocalyptist — the writer of the Apocalypse or a related work
- apodeictical — Apodeictic.
- apolitically — in an apolitical manner
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- apostolicity — the quality of being apostolic
- apparitional — of or relating to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly, spectral
- appellations — Plural form of appellation.
- apple-polish — to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
- applications — Plural form of application.
- appositional — the act of placing together or bringing into proximity; juxtaposition.
- appropriable — that can be appropriated
- archesporial — the primitive cell, or group of cells, that give rise to the cells from which spores are derived.
- archipelagos — Plural form of archipelago.
- arctophilist — a collector of teddy bears
- aripiprazole — An antipsychotic drug used in the treatment of schizophrenia etc.
- aspirational — If you describe someone as aspirational, you mean that they have strong hopes of moving to a higher social status.
- asymptotical — of or relating to an asymptote.
- auspiciously — promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
- australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
- autoptically — in an autoptical manner
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- bathophilous — (of an organism) living in very deep water
- bibliography — A bibliography is a list of books on a particular subject.
- bibliopegist — a bookbinder
- bibliophilic — pertaining to a bibliophile
- bibliophobia — an aversion to books
- bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
- bimorph cell — a piezoelectric transducer consisting of two crystals cemented together, used in microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, etc. to convert vibrations into a voltage output or to convert a signal voltage into vibrations that can produce audible sounds
- biographical — Biographical facts, notes, or details are concerned with the events in someone's life.
- bipropellant — a rocket propellant consisting of two substances, usually a fuel and an oxidizer
- blood doping — the illegal practice of removing a quantity of blood from an athlete long before a race and reinjecting it shortly before a race, so boosting oxygenation of the blood
- blood spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- blood typing — the classification of human blood cells to determine compatible blood types as for transfusion or organ transplant
- blotting-pad — an object to one side of which a piece of blotting paper is attached for blotting text handwritten in ink
- blue pointer — a large shark, Isuropsis mako, of Australian coastal waters, having a blue back and pointed snout
- body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
- bolt upright — If someone is sitting or standing bolt upright, they are sitting or standing very straight.
- bomber pilot — the pilot of a bomber
- bouillon cup — a small, bowl-shaped vessel, with two handles, in which bouillon is served.
- bubble point — the temperature at which bubbles just start to appear in a heated liquid mixture
- bulldog clip — A bulldog clip is a metal clip with a spring lever that opens and closes two flat pieces of metal. It is used for holding papers together.
- bullet point — A bullet point is one of a series of important items for discussion or action in a document, usually marked by a square or round symbol.
- cacophonical — cacophonous
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana