12-letter words containing t, o, p, e, l
- polyoestrous — polyestrous.
- polypeptidic — relating to a polypeptide
- polypetalous — having a corolla of separate petals.
- polyphyletic — developed from more than one ancestral type, as a group of animals.
- 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.
- polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- poodle skirt — 1950s-style woman's circular skirt
- popocatepetl — a volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,887 feet (5450 meters).
- poppet valve — A poppet valve is a disk-shaped intake or exhaust valve in an internal combustion engine.
- popular vote — the vote for a U.S. presidential candidate made by the qualified voters, as opposed to that made by the electoral college. Compare electoral vote.
- porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
- porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
- port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
- port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
- portal frame — a frame, usually of steel, consisting of two uprights and a cross beam at the top: the simplest structural unit in a framed building or a doorway
- portentously — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- porthole die — a die having several openings for the extrusion of separate parts of an object later formed by the welding or fusing together of these parts.
- porto alegre — a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.
- porto amelia — former name of Pemba (def 2).
- positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- postal meter — a postal franking machine
- postal order — money order.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- postdeadline — the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- postelection — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- poster color — poster paint.
- postimperial — of, relating to, or designating the period after an empire
- postliterate — of or relating to a (hypothetical) time or stage in society when literacy is no longer necessary or valued
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- postneonatal — of, relating to, or occurring in the (four week) period after birth
- pot-walloper — (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.
- potato apple — the green berry of the potato.
- potentiality — the state or quality of being potential.
- poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
- powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
- pre-election — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- pre-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- preallotment — an allotment given in advance.
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- prefloration — the internal arrangement of a flower-bud's petals and sepals before it opens
- prefoliation — the arrangement of leaves within a vegetative bud
- preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
- preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.