11-letter words containing s, l, i, p
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- nonhospital — not related to, identified with, or taking place in a hospital
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- nonplussing — Present participle of nonplus.
- notaphilist — a person who studies or collects paper money
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- object lisp — (language) An object-oriented Lisp developed by Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI) in about 1987. Object Lisp was based on nested closures and operator shadowing. Several competing object-orientated extensions to Lisp were around at the time, such as Flavors, in use by Symbolics; Common Objects, developed by Hewlett-Packard; and CommonLoops in use by Xerox. LMI submitted the specification as a candidate for an object-oriented standard for Common Lisp, but it was defeated in favour of CLOS.
- occipitalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontal muscle.
- oenophilist — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
- oligopolies — Plural form of oligopoly.
- oligopolist — A member of an oligopoly; one of a small number of sellers with undue influence over a market.
- ophicleides — Plural form of ophicleide.
- ophiologist — the branch of herpetology dealing with snakes.
- ophthalmist — an eye expert; an oculist
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- oxtail soup — soup made using the skinned tail of an ox
- oxysulphide — a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur
- painesville — a city in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- palestinian — a native or inhabitant of Palestine.
- palk strait — a strait in the Bay of Bengal between SE India and N Sri Lanka, to the N of Adam's Bridge. 40–85 miles (64–137 km) wide.
- palletising — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
- palos hills — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- pan-islamic — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all Muslim nations.
- pan-slavism — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.
- pancha sila — a standard recitation of Hinayanists, including repetitions of formulas and of vows to abstain from anger, lust, cowardice, malevolence, and to abstain from the desire for possessions and unwholesome pleasures.
- panel strip — one of a number of strips of wood or metal laid upon the surface of a wall, ceiling, etc., so as to divide it into a number of broad areas, usually in order to conceal joints between sheets of composition material forming the surface.
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- parablepsis — abnormal vision
- paraleipsis — paralipsis.
- parallelise — to make parallel; place so as to be parallel.
- parallelism — the position or relation of parallels.
- parallelist — a person who seeks or makes a comparison.
- parasailing — a special parachute, kept open with wing-tip holders to help provide lift, used in parasailing.
- parasitical — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- parish hall — a room or building associated with a parish church, used by the local community for social or charitable activities (though not necessarily religious activities)
- 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.
- partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- 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.
- passacaglia — a slow, dignified dance of Spanish origin.
- 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