11-letter words containing p, t, i, l, o, s
- epiplastron — a lateral plate in the plastron of a turtle
- field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
- flash point — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- flying-spot — denoting an electronic system in which a rapidly moving spot of light is used to encode or decode data, for example to obtain a television signal by scanning a photographic film or slide
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- geopolitics — the study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state.
- gloss paint — Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
- hippologist — the study of horses.
- holophytism — the property of being holophytic
- holy spirit — the spirit of God.
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalism — hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
- hospitalist — a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine.
- hospitality — the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- hylopathism — the theory that understands matter as conscious or receptive to feeling
- hylopathist — an adherent of hylopathism
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- hypoglottis — Anatomy. the underside of the tongue.
- hypohalites — Plural form of hypohalite.
- hypoplastic — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- impetuously — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- incompletes — Plural form of incomplete.
- interlopers — Plural form of interloper.
- isapostolic — contemporaneous with, or equal to, the twelve apostles
- isophthalic — Of or pertaining to isophthalic acid and its derivatives.
- isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
- kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- lipomatosis — a genetic disorder which manifests itself in the abnormal growth of fat
- liposuction — the surgical withdrawal of excess fat from local areas under the skin by means of a small incision and vacuum suctioning.
- lipotropins — Plural form of lipotropin.
- lister-plow — Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
- liver spots — a form of chloasma in which irregularly shaped light-brown spots occur on the skin.