13-letter words containing a, p, r, i, l, s
- pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
- plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
- plimsoll mark — load-line mark.
- plural eulisp — EuLisp with parallel extensions. "Collections and Garbage Collection", S.C. Merall et al, in Memory Management - IWMM92, Springer 1992, pp.473-489.
- 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.
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- polyribosomal — relating to a polyribosome
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- 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-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.
- 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.
- precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- preliminaries — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- 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
- press of sail — as much sail as the wind or other conditions will permit a ship to carry.
- primal scream — a scream uttered by a person undergoing primal therapy.
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- principalness — the quality or position of being principal
- principalship — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
- 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.
- progressional — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
- promised land — Heaven.
- 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
- proverbialism — a proverbial expression
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations