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11-letter words containing t, e, l, a, p

  • plasticizer — any of a group of substances that are used in plastics or other materials to impart viscosity, flexibility, softness, or other properties to the finished product.
  • plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
  • plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
  • plastometer — an instrument for measuring the plasticity of a substance.
  • plate armor — armor made of thin, flat, shaped pieces of wrought iron or steel.
  • plate block — a block of four or more stamps containing the number or numbers of the printing plate or plates in the margin of the sheet.
  • plate glass — a soda-lime-silica glass formed by rolling the hot glass into a plate that is subsequently ground and polished, used in large windows, mirrors, etc.
  • plate proof — proof taken from a plate ready for printing.
  • plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
  • platemaking — the act of making plates
  • plateresque — noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
  • platinotype — a process of printing positives in which a platinum salt is used, rather than the usual silver salts, in order to make a more permanent print.
  • platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
  • platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
  • play-centre — a regular meeting of small children arranged by their parents or a welfare agency to give them an opportunity of supervised creative play
  • plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
  • plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
  • plisetskaya — Maya (Mikhailovna) [mah-yuh myi-khahy-luh v-nuh] /ˈmɑ yə myɪˈxaɪ ləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1925–2015, Soviet ballet dancer.
  • plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
  • poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
  • polarimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of light received from a given source as a function of its state of polarization.
  • poles apart — each of the extremities of the axis of the earth or of any spherical body.
  • politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
  • polkadotted — a dot or round spot (printed, woven, or embroidered) repeated to form a pattern on a textile fabric.
  • polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
  • portal vein — the large vein conveying blood to the liver from the veins of the stomach, intestine, spleen, and pancreas.
  • postal code — British. postcode.
  • postal vote — a voting slip that can be filled in at home and sent by post
  • postexilian — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
  • potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
  • potwalloper — (in some boroughs before the Reform Bill of 1832) a man who qualified as a householder, and therefore a voter, by virtue of ownership of his own fireplace at which to boil pots.
  • power plant — a plant, including engines, dynamos, etc., and the building or buildings necessary for the generation of power, as electric or nuclear power.
  • practicable — capable of being done, effected, or put into practice, with the available means; feasible: a practicable solution.
  • prattlement — chatter, prattling
  • pre-ethical — not governed by ethics, or not having an ethical or moral aspect
  • preambulate — to make a preamble, to give an introduction
  • precritical — anteceding a crisis.
  • precultural — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
  • predictable — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
  • predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
  • predoctoral — of or relating to study undertaken in preparation for a doctoral degree.
  • prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
  • prelateship — the rank of a prelate
  • prelibation — a foretaste.
  • preliterary — occurring before the existence of literature
  • preliterate — lacking a written language; nonliterate: a preliterate culture.
  • prematerial — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
  • prematurely — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
  • preparental — prior to becoming a parent: preparental instruction.
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