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13-letter words containing a, d, o, l

  • paddling pool — A paddling pool is a shallow artificial pool for children to paddle in.
  • paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
  • pallet loader — A device employing a vertical lift platform for the mechanical loading or unloading of pallets of freight
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
  • pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
  • paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
  • paradoxically — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
  • parti-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
  • party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
  • patrol leader — the leader of a division of a troop of Scouts or Guides
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
  • pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
  • pick-and-roll — an offensive maneuver in which a player interposes himself or herself between a teammate with the ball and a defender, then cuts quickly toward the basket for a pass from the same teammate.
  • pinar del rio — a city in W Cuba.
  • plant kingdom — the plants of the world collectively.
  • plasmodesmata — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
  • plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
  • platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
  • play on words — a pun or the act of punning.
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
  • podzolization — the process by which the upper layer of a soil becomes acidic through the leaching of bases which are deposited in the lower horizons
  • politicalized — to cause to be political; color with politics.
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
  • pompon dahlia — a cultivated variety of the dahlia flower, with a small globelike flower head
  • ponta delgada — a seaport on SW São Miguel island, in the E Azores.
  • port adelaide — the chief port of South Australia, near Adelaide on St Vincent Gulf. Pop: 33 145 (2006)
  • port du salut — Port-Salut.
  • post-prandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
  • preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
  • predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
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