13-letter words containing a, t, o, p
- posttreatment — an act or manner of treating.
- postulational — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
- postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
- potamological — of or relating to potamology
- potato beetle — a black and yellow leaf beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, originally of Colorado and neighboring states but now a common pest in all potato-growing regions of the U.S.
- potato blight — fungal disease affecting potatoes
- potato eaters — a painting (1885) by Vincent Van Gogh.
- potato famine — a severe shortage of food caused by the failure of the potato crop
- potato peeler — a special knife used to peel the skin from potatoes or other vegetables
- potato-masher — a kitchen implement used to crush or mash potatoes
- potomac fever — the determination or fervor to share in the power and prestige of the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., especially by being appointed or elected to a government position.
- potomac river — a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
- potter around — If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying.
- potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
- potty trained — Potty trained means the same as toilet trained.
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- power station — a generating station.
- power takeoff — an accessory unit or apparatus attached to an engine-powered machine and powered by the engine. Abbreviation: PTO.
- praecipitatio — Meteorology. precipitation from a cloud that reaches the surface of the earth (distinguished from virga).
- praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
- pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
- pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
- pre-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- preadaptation — a structure or property that developed in an ancestral stock and was useful in a descendant in a changed environment.
- preadmonition — a forewarning, premonition; the act of admonishing in advance
- preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- precipitation — the act of precipitating; state of being precipitated.
- precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
- predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- preexcitation — the act of exciting.
- prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
- prenomination — the act of naming in advance of a formal nomination
- preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
- 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.