11-letter words containing p, o, l, t, r
- plate proof — proof taken from a plate ready for printing.
- plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- play doctor — a person, usually a professional playwright, employed to improve a script, especially shortly before the play's opening.
- plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
- pleiotropic — the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic.
- 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.
- plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- polar front — Meteorology. the variable frontal zone of middle latitudes separating air masses of polar and tropical origin.
- polar orbit — a spacecraft orbit that passes over, or close to, the geographic poles of the earth or some other celestial body.
- polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
- poles apart — each of the extremities of the axis of the earth or of any spherical body.
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- poliorcetic — relating to the besieging of cities
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- poll parrot — polly.
- poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
- poltergeist — a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.
- 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.
- polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
- polycrystal — an object composed of randomly oriented crystals, formed by rapid solidification
- polyculture — the raising at the same time and place of more than one species of plant or animal.
- polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
- polyhistory — the quality of a polyhistor
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
- polytrophic — (of certain bacteria) deriving nourishment from many organic substances.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- pop culture — cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.
- port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- port lavaca — a town in S Texas.
- port talbot — a port in SE Wales, in Neath Port Talbot county borough on Swansea Bay: established as a coal port in the mid-19th century; large steelworks; ore terminal. Pop: 35 633 (2001)
- port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- portability — the state or quality of being portable.
- portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
- porterville — a town in central California.
- porto velho — a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.
- post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
- post-larval — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
- postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- postillator — a writer of postils; an annotator, a postiller
- postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage