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

  • play around — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
  • pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
  • 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 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.
  • policyowner — policyholder.
  • poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
  • polonnaruwa — a town in E central Sri Lanka: Buddhist ruins.
  • poltroonery — a wretched coward; craven.
  • polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
  • polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
  • polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
  • polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
  • polynuclear — having many nuclei.
  • polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
  • ponderingly — in a pondering manner
  • ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
  • port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
  • port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
  • portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
  • postcranial — located posterior to the head.
  • potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
  • poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
  • power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
  • power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
  • pre-control — to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.
  • precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
  • precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
  • preelection — a choice or selection made beforehand.
  • prelibation — a foretaste.
  • preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
  • prepollence — prevalence; predominance
  • prepollency — the quality of being prepollent
  • presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
  • previsional — characteristic of prevision
  • probational — the act of testing.
  • proclaimant — someone who proclaims
  • proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
  • prolegomena — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
  • proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
  • prolocution — an introductory remark or speech
  • prolongable — able to be lengthened
  • prolongated — to prolong.
  • prolongment — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
  • prominently — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
  • promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
  • promotional — advancement in rank or position.
  • pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
  • pronatalist — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
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