11-letter words containing p, l, o, t, i, n
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- peril point — the lower limit of a tariff on a commodity at which import of that commodity would have a seriously adverse effect on the local producers.
- periodontal — of or relating to the periodontium.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- personalist — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- petalomania — the condition in which a flower has proportionately more petals than is normal
- phallotoxin — any of a group of potent mycotoxins produced by certain mushroom species of the genus Amanita.
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- phonologist — a specialist in phonology.
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- piano stool — adjustable stool used by pianist
- pigeon loft — a raised shelter or building where pigeons are kept
- pilot plant — an experimental industrial plant in which processes or techniques planned for use in full-scale operation are tested in advance.
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- pinot blanc — any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- piston land — A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings.
- piston slap — the characteristic sound of a seriously worn piston in a cylinder (usually of the engine of a motor car)
- pixellation — in computer graphics and digital photography, to cause (an image) to break up into pixels, as by overenlarging the image: When enlarging a photograph, first increase the resolution to avoid pixelating it.
- plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- platinotype — a process of printing positives in which a platinum salt is used, rather than the usual silver salts, in order to make a more permanent print.
- playstation — (games, hardware) The leading family of games consoles, from Sony Corporation consisting of the original Playstation (PS1) and the Playstation 2 (PS2). The basic Playstations consist of a small box containing the processor and a DVD reader, with video outputs to connect to a TV, sockets for two game controllers, and a socket for one or two memory cards. The PS2 also has USB sockets. The PS2 can run PS1 software because the PS2's I/O processor is the same as the PS1's CPU.
- pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
- plenipotent — invested with or possessing full power.
- plough into — If something, for example a car, ploughs into something else, it goes out of control and crashes violently into it.
- plumb joint — (in sheet metal work) a soldered lap joint.
- pluripotent — (of a cell) capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue except those that form a placenta or embryo: pluripotent stem cells.
- plutonomist — a person who studies or has expertise in plutonomy
- point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
- pointillism — a theory and technique developed by the neo-impressionists, based on the principle that juxtaposed dots of pure color, as blue and yellow, are optically mixed into the resulting hue, as green, by the viewer.
- policy unit — a body of political advisors to the British Prime Minister
- politicking — activity undertaken for political reasons or ends, as campaigning for votes before an election, making speeches, etc., or otherwise promoting oneself or one's policies.
- poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
- pollination — the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma.
- polyactinal — possessing many rays
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- polygenetic — Biology. relating to or exhibiting polygenesis.
- polyphonist — a musical composer of or theorist in polyphony
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- polyvoltine — multivoltine.
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.