12-letter words containing s, o, l, y
- 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.
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- polydisperse — of or noting a sol that contains particles of different sizes.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polyglottous — characterized by being multilingual
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
- polyhistoric — relating to a polyhistor
- polyisoprene — a thermoplastic polymer, (C 5 H 8) n , the major constituent of natural rubber and also obtained synthetically.
- polymorphism — the state or condition of being polymorphous.
- polymorphous — having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
- polymyositis — a disorder characterized by the inflammation of multiple muscles
- polyneuritis — inflammation of several nerves at the same time; multiple neuritis.
- polyoestrous — polyestrous.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- polypetalous — having a corolla of separate petals.
- polyphyllous — made up of multiple members or parts
- polyribosome — polysome.
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- polysepalous — having a calyx of separate or unconnected sepals.
- polysiloxane — a polymer composed of silicon and oxygen atoms
- polystichous — arranged in rows or series.
- polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
- polysyllabic — consisting of several, especially four or more, syllables, as a word.
- polysyllable — a polysyllabic word.
- polysynaptic — having or involving more than one synapse.
- polysyndeton — the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession.
- polytheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to polytheism, the doctrine that there is more than one god or many gods: Science thrived in the polytheistic culture of ancient Greece.
- pompholygous — characterized by pompholyx
- portentously — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- positionally — in terms of position, from a positional point of view
- possessively — jealously opposed to the personal independence of, or to any influence other than one's own upon, a child, spouse, etc.
- post-pyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- posthumously — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- power supply — power supply unit
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- proctoclysis — the slow, continuous introduction of a solution into the rectum to improve fluid intake.
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- promissorily — (in law) in a promissory way
- propertyless — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- propitiously — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- prosperously — having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.