13-letter words containing a, p, l, i, e, d
- municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
- nickel-plated — covered with a thin layer of nickel, deposited usually by electrolysis
- nondisposable — Not disposable.
- nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
- orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
- palisade cell — a columnar cell of palisade parenchyma.
- pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
- paper-clipped — to fasten together with one or more paper clips: Paper-clip these letters and file them.
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- 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
- pas de calais — a department of N France, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, on the Straits of Dover (the Pas de Calais): the part of France closest to the British Isles. Capital: Arras. Pop: 1 451 307 (2003 est). Area: 6752 sq km (2633 sq miles)
- pas-de-calais — French name of the Strait of Dover.
- pattern-drill — (in foreign-language learning) a technique for practicing a linguistic structure in which students repeat a sentence or other structure, each time substituting a new element, such as a new verb, as directed by the teacher, or transforming the original structure, as in changing a statement to a question.
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
- pedicellariae — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
- pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- pentadactylic — having five digits on each limb
- 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.
- perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
- phillips head — a screw head having two partial slots crossed at right angles, driven by a special screwdriver (Phillips screwdriver)
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- pinar del rio — a city in W Cuba.
- plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
- plain dealing — direct and honest conduct in one's relations and transactions with others.
- platitudinize — to utter platitudes.
- playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
- politicalized — to cause to be political; color with politics.
- polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- port adelaide — the chief port of South Australia, near Adelaide on St Vincent Gulf. Pop: 33 145 (2006)
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.