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13-letter words containing a, p, l, e, i

  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • platitudinize — to utter platitudes.
  • platonic love — Platonism. love of the Idea of beauty, seen as terminating an evolution from the desire for an individual and the love of physical beauty to the love and contemplation of spiritual or ideal beauty.
  • platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
  • platycephalic — having a head whose cranial vault is broad or flat.
  • platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
  • playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
  • pleasant hill — a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
  • pleasantville — a city in SE New Jersey.
  • pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • plique-a-jour — an enameling technique in which the colored enamels are fused into the spaces of a wire framework on a temporary backing; the backing is then removed, producing a translucent effect
  • plural eulisp — EuLisp with parallel extensions. "Collections and Garbage Collection", S.C. Merall et al, in Memory Management - IWMM92, Springer 1992, pp.473-489.
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
  • point of sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
  • point-of-sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
  • pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
  • pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
  • polemological — the analysis of human conflict and war, particularly international war.
  • police action — a relatively localized military action undertaken by regular armed forces, without a formal declaration of war, against guerrillas, insurgents, or other forces held to be violating international peace and order.
  • polio vaccine — a vaccine administered to induce specific active immunity to poliomyelitis.
  • politicalized — to cause to be political; color with politics.
  • polling place — a place at or in which votes in an election are cast.
  • 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.
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
  • polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
  • polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • poor relation — If you describe one thing as a poor relation of another, you mean that it is similar to or part of the other thing, but is considered to be inferior to it.
  • poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
  • port adelaide — the chief port of South Australia, near Adelaide on St Vincent Gulf. Pop: 33 145 (2006)
  • portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
  • power failure — electricity outage
  • power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
  • prairie style — the style of the architects of the Prairie School.
  • praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
  • pre-classical — of, relating to, or characteristic of Greek and Roman antiquity: classical literature; classical languages.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-eclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
  • pre-eclamptic — a woman suffering from pre-eclampsia
  • pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
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