13-letter words containing a, t, o, p
- proprietarily — belonging to a proprietor.
- proprietorial — the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc.
- 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.
- prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
- prosthodontia — the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.
- protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
- proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- proteoclastic — of, related to, or initiating proteolysis
- protest march — public demonstration
- protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
- protestantize — to convert or cause to conform to Protestantism.
- proto-elamite — the indigenous script of Elam, found on inscriptions and tablets from the fourth millennium b.c.
- protoactinium — protactinium.
- protochordate — any of the nonvertebrate chordates, as the tunicates, cephalochordates, and hemichordates.
- protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
- protonotariat — the prelates of the Roman Curia
- prove a point — If you prove a point, you show other people that you know something or can do something, although your action may have no other purpose.
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- provinciality — provincial character.
- provocational — the act of provoking.
- provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- proxy gateway — proxy server
- pseudoaquatic — not aquatic but indigenous to moist regions.
- psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
- psychoanalyst — a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.
- psychosomatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
- psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- psychotically — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- punctuational — punctuated equilibrium.
- puritan spoon — a silver spoon having an ovoid bowl and a straight, flat, completely plain stem.
- put a stop to — end, curtail
- put an end to — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- pyretotherapy — therapy by raising the body temperature, as by diathermy or by artificially inducing fever.
- pyrolytically — in a pyrolytic manner
- pyrophosphate — a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- quality point — Education. grade point.
- quarter point — the fourth part of the distance between any two adjacent points of the 32 marked on a compass, being 2° 48′ 45″.
- quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
- quaterpolymer — A copolymer derived from four species of monomer.
- quota-hopping — (in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen
- racket sports — sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc, that are played using a racket
- radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- radioteletype — Also called radioteletypewriter [rey-dee-oh-tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, -tel-i-tahyp-rahy-] /ˌreɪ di oʊˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, -ˈtɛl ɪ taɪpˌraɪ-/ (Show IPA). a teletypewriter equipped for transmitting or receiving messages by radio instead of wire.
- rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.