13-letter words containing a, l, s, i, r, t
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personalities — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
- pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
- polyarteritis — inflammation of the layers of an artery or of many arteries, usually caused by a severe hypersensitivity reaction, and characterized by nodules and hemorrhage along the involved vessels.
- polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
- portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
- post-prandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
- postcranially — affecting the postcranium
- postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
- postlapsarian — occurring or being after the Fall.
- practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- prairie style — the style of the architects of the Prairie School.
- pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- 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.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- prepositional — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
- presentiality — the state of being present
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- prismatically — of, relating to, or like a prism.
- probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
- procapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- propositional — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
- proteoclastic — of, related to, or initiating proteolysis
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
- quality press — the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
- quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
- quasi-crystal — a group of atoms resembling a crystal but not having symmetrical plane faces
- quasimilitary — Having certain military aspects.
- quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.