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11-letter words containing r, e, p, l

  • polyculture — the raising at the same time and place of more than one species of plant or animal.
  • polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
  • polygrapher — a person who employs a code cipher
  • polymerizes — to subject to polymerization.
  • polynuclear — having many nuclei.
  • polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
  • polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
  • polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
  • pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
  • ponderingly — in a pondering manner
  • ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
  • pool player — a person who plays pool
  • pop culture — cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.
  • pore volume — The pore volume is the total volume of very small openings in a bed of adsorbent particles.
  • pork barrel — a government appropriation, bill, or policy that supplies funds for local improvements designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents.
  • 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.
  • porterville — a town in central California.
  • porto velho — a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.
  • post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
  • posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
  • potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
  • potwalloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
  • powder blue — a pale blue diluted with gray.
  • powder flag — red flag (def 4).
  • powder mill — a mill in which gunpowder is made.
  • power alley — either of the two areas in the outfield between the outfielders
  • power cable — cable for conducting electric power.
  • power cycle — (hardware)   (Or "cycle power", "cycle") To turn a machine's power off and on, with the intention of clearing some kind of hung or gronked state. Synonym 120 reset; see also Big Red Switch. Compare Vulcan nerve pinch, bounce and boot, and see the AI Koan about Tom Knight and the novice.
  • power drill — a drill operated by a motor.
  • power elite — a closely knit alliance of military, government, and corporate officials perceived as the center of wealth and political power in the U.S.
  • 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.
  • practicable — capable of being done, effected, or put into practice, with the available means; feasible: a practicable solution.
  • praecordial — of or pertaining to a part of the body near or in front of the heart; located near to or in front of the heart
  • prairie owl — burrowing owl.
  • pramipexole — a dopamine agonist used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
  • prattlement — chatter, prattling
  • prayer flag — a flag stamped with printed prayers, used by Himalayan Buddhists, who believe that its fluttering sends out the prayers inscribed on it.
  • prayerfully — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
  • pre-algebra — the branch of mathematics that deals with general statements of relations, utilizing letters and other symbols to represent specific sets of numbers, values, vectors, etc., in the description of such relations.
  • pre-closure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
  • pre-college — an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university.
  • pre-control — to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.
  • pre-culture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
  • pre-diploma — a document given by an educational institution conferring a degree on a person or certifying that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
  • pre-ethical — not governed by ethics, or not having an ethical or moral aspect
  • pre-exilian — being or occurring prior to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
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