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11-letter words containing p, o, l, t, r, n

  • montpellier — a department in S France. 2403 sq. mi. (6225 sq. km). Capital: Montpellier.
  • mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
  • multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
  • neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
  • nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
  • neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
  • neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
  • neuropteral — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.
  • neutrophile — (biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH.
  • neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
  • nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
  • nitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
  • no-platform — to deny (a person) the opportunity to speak in a political debate or forum
  • nonparental — of or relating to a parent.
  • nonpurulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
  • nontemporal — not indicating time
  • nontropical — not located in or originating from the tropics, not having the characteristics of the tropics
  • north slope — the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.
  • open letter — a letter, often of protest or criticism, addressed to a specific person, but intended to be brought to public attention.
  • operational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
  • opportunely — appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion.
  • outerplanar — (mathematics) Describing a graph having a planar embedding such that the vertices lie on a circle and the edges lie inside that circle.
  • pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
  • paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
  • parasol ant — leaf-cutting ant.
  • parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
  • patrimonial — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
  • patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
  • patrolwoman — a policewoman who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
  • 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.
  • petrol tank — The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.
  • 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.
  • platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
  • plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
  • 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.
  • polar front — Meteorology. the variable frontal zone of middle latitudes separating air masses of polar and tropical origin.
  • poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
  • poltroonery — a wretched coward; craven.
  • polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
  • polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
  • polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
  • port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
  • port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
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