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11-letter words containing p, o, l, n, a

  • 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
  • pilocarpine — an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C 1 1 H 1 6 N 2 O 2 , obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.
  • pilot plant — an experimental industrial plant in which processes or techniques planned for use in full-scale operation are tested in advance.
  • pina colada — a tall mixed drink of rum, cream of coconut, pineapple juice, and ice usually frappéed in a blender.
  • pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
  • pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
  • pink salmon — a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.
  • pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
  • 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.
  • plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
  • plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
  • planetology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
  • plank floor — a floor made from sawed, straight-grained timber.
  • planoconvex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
  • planogamete — a motile gamete.
  • planography — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
  • plant louse — aphid.
  • planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
  • plantocracy — government by plantation owners.
  • plantswoman — a nurserywoman.
  • planuliform — resembling a planula
  • plasmalogen — any of the class of phosphatides that contain an aldehyde of a fatty acid, found in heart and skeletal muscle, the brain, the liver, and in eggs.
  • plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
  • 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.
  • play around — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • 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.
  • plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
  • plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
  • pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
  • point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
  • polar angle — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
  • polar front — Meteorology. the variable frontal zone of middle latitudes separating air masses of polar and tropical origin.
  • policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
  • policy loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company to a policyholder with the cash value of the policy serving as security.
  • 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.
  • polling day — date of election voting
  • polonnaruwa — a town in E central Sri Lanka: Buddhist ruins.
  • polyactinal — possessing many rays
  • polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
  • polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
  • polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
  • polygonatum — a plant of the genus Polygonatum
  • polylingual — pertaining to, expressed in, or using several languages; multilingual.
  • polynuclear — having many nuclei.
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