12-letter words containing s, l, o, p, i, n
- policeperson — a member of a police force.
- pollyannaish — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
- pollyannaism — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polyisoprene — a thermoplastic polymer, (C 5 H 8) n , the major constituent of natural rubber and also obtained synthetically.
- polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
- polysiloxane — a polymer composed of silicon and oxygen atoms
- polysynaptic — having or involving more than one synapse.
- pons varolii — pons (def 1).
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcellanise — to bake into porcelain
- positionally — in terms of position, from a positional point of view
- possessional — of, relating to, or characterized by possession
- post-looping — post-synchronization.
- postal union — an international agreement on postal rates and services.
- postcolonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
- postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- postelection — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- postillation — the writing or preaching of postils
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- postliminium — postliminy.
- postliminous — occurring after; subsequent
- postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- potting soil — enriched topsoil for potting plants, especially house plants.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- precessional — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- prednisolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 5 , used in various forms to treat inflammation and allergies and in the treatment of acute leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and lymphomas.
- prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- professional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- push polling — the use of loaded questions in a supposedly objective telephone opinion poll during a political campaign in order to bias voters against an opposing candidate
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsorial — of or relating to response; responsive
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
- saddle point — a point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- sample point — a possible result of an experiment, represented as a point.
- scalp lotion — A scalp lotion is a liquid medication for the treatment of scalp conditions and disorders.