11-letter words containing p, o, l
- parfocalize — to make parfocal
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- parlor game — any game usually played indoors, especially in the living room or parlor, as a word game or a quiz, requiring little or no physical activity.
- parlourmaid — In former times, a parlourmaid was a female servant in a private house whose job involved serving people at table.
- parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- passionless — not feeling or moved by passion; cold or unemotional; calm or detached.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- pastoralist — a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale
- pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
- patelliform — having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
- patrimonial — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
- patrol boat — a boat designed to patrol a coastal area, etc for security, observation and defence
- patrologist — a student of patrology.
- patrolwoman — a policewoman who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- payday loan — A payday loan is a small personal cash loan at a very high interest rate, secured by the borrower's next paycheck.
- payload bay — cargo bay.
- payroll tax — a tax levied against the amount of wages and salaries paid workers.
- peace lobby — a lobby for peace or the end of conflict
- pearl danio — a slender iridescent tropical cyprinid, Brachydanio albolineatus, from parts of southeast Asia: a popular freshwater aquarium fish.
- pearl onion — a small white onion, often pickled and used as an appetizer or garnish.
- pedagogical — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedal piano — a piano having a pedal keyboard of 29 notes and connected with an action placed at the back where a special soundboard, covered with 29 strings, is built into the case.
- pedal point — a sustained bass note, over which the other parts move bringing about changing harmonies
- pedal power — use of a cycle
- pediculosis — the state of being infested with lice.
- pedological — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pedophiliac — pedophile.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- peloponnese — a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
- penciliform — having a pencillike shape.
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- penological — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pensionable — worker: of retirement age
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- pentastylos — a pentastyle building, as a classical temple.
- pentecostal — of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
- peoplemover — any of various forms of mass transit, as moving sidewalks or automated driverless vehicles, used for transporting people along limited, fixed routes, as around airports or congested urban areas.
- perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
- perchloride — the chloride of any particular element or group with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- perduellion — high treason
- performable — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue