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11-letter words containing s, o, a, p, l, i

  • pastoralist — a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale
  • pastoralize — to make pastoral or rural.
  • pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  • pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  • patrologist — a student of patrology.
  • pensionable — worker: of retirement age
  • peroxisomal — of or relating to a peroxisome; of the nature of a peroxisome
  • personalise — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • personalist — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
  • personalize — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
  • phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
  • physiolater — somebody who worships nature
  • physiolatry — the worship of nature
  • piano stool — adjustable stool used by pianist
  • pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
  • pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
  • pink salmon — a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.
  • piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
  • piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
  • piston land — A piston land is a raised area of a piston between piston rings.
  • piston slap — the characteristic sound of a seriously worn piston in a cylinder (usually of the engine of a motor car)
  • plagioclase — any of the feldspar minerals varying in composition from acidic albite, NaAlSi 3 O 8 , to basic anorthite, CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , found in most igneous rocks: shows twinning striations on good cleavage surfaces.
  • plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
  • plainstones — the pavement or a paved area in a town or city
  • plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
  • plasmolysis — contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis.
  • playstation — (games, hardware)   The leading family of games consoles, from Sony Corporation consisting of the original Playstation (PS1) and the Playstation 2 (PS2). The basic Playstations consist of a small box containing the processor and a DVD reader, with video outputs to connect to a TV, sockets for two game controllers, and a socket for one or two memory cards. The PS2 also has USB sockets. The PS2 can run PS1 software because the PS2's I/O processor is the same as the PS1's CPU.
  • polariscope — an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
  • polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
  • polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
  • polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
  • pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
  • pool a risk — If an insurer pools a risk, it takes on a share of each risk underwritten by every other member in an association of insurers or reinsurers.
  • post-coital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
  • post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
  • postcranial — located posterior to the head.
  • postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
  • postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • postglacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
  • postholiday — occurring after a holiday
  • postillator — a writer of postils; an annotator, a postiller
  • postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
  • postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
  • postnuptial — subsequent to marriage: postnuptial adjustments.
  • postorbital — located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.
  • postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
  • postulation — to ask, demand, or claim.
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