13-letter words containing a, u, s, p, i
- paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
- paramyxovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease.
- parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- parish church — local place of worship
- particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
- passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
- peace studies — a field of political science which examines how to reduce conflicts
- pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
- peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
- peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- perspicacious — having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
- pet insurance — health insurance for a pet
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- photoacoustic — optoacoustic
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- plagiostomous — plagiostome
- plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
- platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
- pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
- plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
- 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.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
- poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- pons asinorum — a geometric proposition that if a triangle has two of its sides equal, the angles opposite these sides are also equal: so named from the difficulty experienced by beginners in mastering it. Euclid, 1:5.
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
- posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
- postulational — to ask, demand, or claim.
- pouring-basin — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
- prague spring — a brief period of democratization in Czechoslovakia in 1968, under Alexander Dubček.
- 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.