11-letter words containing p, o, l
- overexploit — to use (natural resources etc) excessively, causing a reduction
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
- overplanned — resulting from overplanning
- overplotted — relating to an excessively elaborate plot
- oxtail soup — soup made using the skinned tail of an ox
- oxysulphide — a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- paddle boat — small boat with pedals
- paddle worm — any of a family of green-blue faintly iridescent active marine polychaete worms of the genus Phyllodoce, having paddle-shaped swimming lobes, found under stones on the shore
- paddleboard — a type of surfboard with one end rounded and the other tapered to a point, used chiefly in surfing and often in lifesaving.
- paedophilia — Paedophilia is sexual activity with children or the condition of being sexually attracted to children.
- palace coup — a challenge to or overthrow of a sovereign or other leader by members of the ruling family or group.
- palaeologus — family name of Byzantine rulers 1259–1453.
- palaeontol. — palaeontology
- palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
- paleoarctic — palearctic.
- paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
- paleocortex — the olfactory region of the brain.
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
- palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palmer worm — the hairy black and white caterpillar of the goldtail moth
- palolo worm — a polychaete worm, Eunice viridis, that lives in burrows among the coral reefs of several South Pacific islands, producing sperm or eggs in posterior segments that are cast off periodically in enormous numbers.
- palos hills — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- palpitation — the act of palpitating.
- pampelmoose — a large citrus fruit
- panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.
- panel point — a joint between two or more members of a truss.
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- pantalooned — wearing pantaloons
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- pantonality — twelve-tone technique.
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- papal cross — a cross with three horizontal crosspieces.
- paper towel — absorbent kitchen tissue
- paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
- papilliform — resembling a papilla.
- parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
- parabolical — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- paracetamol — painkilling drug
- paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- paraglossal — of or relating to paraglossae
- paralimnion — the region of a lake floor between the shoreline or water's edge and the zone of rooted vegetation
- paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parasol ant — leaf-cutting ant.
- parcel bomb — explosive device in a package
- parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal