11-letter words containing t, i, p, l
- optionality — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- outlet pipe — a pipe with an opening which permits escape or release (of liquid, etc)
- outline map — a map which only provides very basic information so that more details can be added
- outpolitick — to surpass in politicking
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- overexploit — to use (natural resources etc) excessively, causing a reduction
- oxtail soup — soup made using the skinned tail of an ox
- packability — The quality or state of being packable.
- palaearctic — of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Europe, Africa north of the Sahara, and most of Asia north of the Himalayas
- palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
- palatalized — Phonetics. pronounced with secondary palatal articulation.
- paleoarctic — palearctic.
- paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
- palestinian — a native or inhabitant of Palestine.
- palk strait — a strait in the Bay of Bengal between SE India and N Sri Lanka, to the N of Adam's Bridge. 40–85 miles (64–137 km) wide.
- palletising — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
- palpability — readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.
- palpitating — to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter: His heart palpitated wildly.
- palpitation — the act of palpitating.
- pamphletize — to write a pamphlet.
- panel point — a joint between two or more members of a truss.
- panel strip — one of a number of strips of wood or metal laid upon the surface of a wall, ceiling, etc., so as to divide it into a number of broad areas, usually in order to conceal joints between sheets of composition material forming the surface.
- panel thief — a thief who secretly robs the customers in a panel house.
- pantelleria — an Italian island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia. 10,000; 32 sq. mi. (83 sq. km).
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- pantonality — twelve-tone technique.
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- panty liner — a pad worn inside a woman's underwear for feminine hygiene purposes such as absorbing light menstrual flow, daily vaginal discharge, etc
- paper trail — a written or printed record, as of transactions or judicial opinions, especially when used to incriminate someone.
- papillulate — covered with small papillae
- parableptic — relating to parablepsis
- parallactic — the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer.
- parallelist — a person who seeks or makes a comparison.
- parasitical — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- parcel-gilt — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- pari-mutuel — a form of betting and of handling the betting on horse races at racetracks, in which those holding winning tickets divide the total amount bet in proportion to their wagers, less a percentage for the management, taxes, etc.
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- partial key — (database) A key which identifies a subset of a set of information items (e.g. database "records"), and which could narrow the subset to one item if other partial key(s) were combined with it.
- partial sum — one of a series of sums of elements of a given sequence, the first sum being the first element, the second sum being the first element added to the second element, the third sum being equal to the sum of the first three elements, and so on.
- partialized — to bias.
- partialness — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- partibility — the quality of being partible
- participial — of or relating to a participle.
- particulars — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- particulate — of, relating to, or composed of distinct particles.
- party liner — a person who follows a party line, especially the Communist Party line.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- pastoralist — a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale