11-letter words containing p, u, l, i, t
- multispiral — having several spiral coils
- neopopulist — pertaining to a revival of populism, especially a sophisticated form appealing to commonplace values and prejudices.
- neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
- neutrophile — (biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- nulliparity — a woman who has never borne a child.
- nullipotent — (mathematics, computing) Describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.
- octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- outlet pipe — a pipe with an opening which permits escape or release (of liquid, etc)
- outline map — a map which only provides very basic information so that more details can be added
- outpolitick — to surpass in politicking
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- oxtail soup — soup made using the skinned tail of an ox
- papillulate — covered with small papillae
- pari-mutuel — a form of betting and of handling the betting on horse races at racetracks, in which those holding winning tickets divide the total amount bet in proportion to their wagers, less a percentage for the management, taxes, etc.
- partial sum — one of a series of sums of elements of a given sequence, the first sum being the first element, the second sum being the first element added to the second element, the third sum being equal to the sum of the first three elements, and so on.
- particulars — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- particulate — of, relating to, or composed of distinct particles.
- patch quilt — a patchwork quilt
- peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
- pediculated — having a stalk or stalks
- pellucidity — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- pendulosity — the state or quality of being pendulous
- peninsulate — to cause (land) to become peninsular
- penultimate — next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- perithelium — the connective tissue surrounding certain small vessels, as capillaries.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- piacularity — the state of being piacular
- pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pilot study — trial done for research
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- platykurtic — (of a frequency distribution) less concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- plentifully — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
- plough into — If something, for example a car, ploughs into something else, it goes out of control and crashes violently into it.
- plumb joint — (in sheet metal work) a soldered lap joint.
- pluralistic — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- 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.
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
- plutologist — a person who has expertise in plutology
- plutonomist — a person who studies or has expertise in plutonomy
- pluviometer — rain gauge.
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- policy unit — a body of political advisors to the British Prime Minister
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.