11-letter words containing s, t, o, l, p
- 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.
- post-bellum — of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War
- post-coital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- post-cyclic — denoting rules that apply only after the transformations of a whole cycle
- post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
- post-larval — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
- postal card — a card sold by the post office with a stamp already printed on it.
- postal code — British. postcode.
- postal vote — a voting slip that can be filled in at home and sent by post
- postcollege — an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university.
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
- postel, jon — Jon Postel
- posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- 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
- postnatally — after birth, following a birth
- postnuptial — subsequent to marriage: postnuptial adjustments.
- postorbital — located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.
- postpyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulation — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
- potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- preselector — a preamplifier between the antenna and receiving circuit, used to improve reception.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronatalist — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.