11-letter words containing s, o, l, t
- philoctetes — Classical Mythology. a noted archer and squire of Hercules. Bitten by a snake and abandoned on an island because of his festering wound, he was at length brought by the Greeks to Troy, where he recovered and later killed Paris.
- philologist — the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- phonologist — a specialist in phonology.
- phycologist — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
- piano stool — adjustable stool used by pianist
- pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pilot raise — a small raise intended to be enlarged later.
- pilot study — trial done for research
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- pistol grip — a handle or grip, as of a rifle or saw, shaped like the butt of a pistol.
- pistol shot — a shot fired from a pistol
- pistol-whip — to beat or hit (someone) repeatedly with a pistol, especially in the head and shoulder area.
- 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)
- 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
- plant louse — aphid.
- plantswoman — a nurserywoman.
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
- 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.
- pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- plutologist — a person who has expertise in plutology
- plutonomist — a person who studies or has expertise in plutonomy
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- pointillism — a theory and technique developed by the neo-impressionists, based on the principle that juxtaposed dots of pure color, as blue and yellow, are optically mixed into the resulting hue, as green, by the viewer.
- poles apart — each of the extremities of the axis of the earth or of any spherical body.
- poltergeist — a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
- polycrystal — an object composed of randomly oriented crystals, formed by rapid solidification
- polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
- polyglotism — able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
- polyhistory — the quality of a polyhistor
- polylithism — (programming) A property of a data-object that can exist in many shapes and sizes, but not simultaneously; which distinguishes it from a union. It is often implemented as a set of classes (or structs) derived from a common base class (or with a common header, as in the case of structs), typically without any methods. It has been loosely described as polymorphic data.
- polyphonist — a musical composer of or theorist in polyphony
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- popish plot — an imaginary conspiracy against the crown of Great Britain on the part of English Roman Catholics, fabricated in 1678 by Titus Oates as a means of gaining power.
- possibilist — of or relating to the geographical theory of possibilism
- possibility — the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.