13-letter words containing a, c, e, s, p
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- phase encoded — (storage) (PE) A recording method used for 1600 BPI magnetic tapes. Compare NRZI, GCR.
- phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- physical file — (file system) A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
- physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- pietistically — in a pietistical manner
- pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
- place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
- place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- plasma screen — A plasma screen is a type of thin television screen or computer screen that produces high-quality images.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
- polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
- polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- post-actinide — transactinide
- postage costs — the cost of having mail delivered
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
- potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
- practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- pre christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
- pre-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
- pre-christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
- pre-classical — of, relating to, or characteristic of Greek and Roman antiquity: classical literature; classical languages.
- pre-eclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
- preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
- preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
- preantiseptic — (especially of surgery) noting that period of time before the adoption of the principles of antisepsis (about 1867).
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- precapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- press attaché — the official in an embassy who has the job of liaising with the media
- press charges — make formal accusation
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).