13-letter words containing c, l, y, p
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- olympic games — international sports event
- omoplatoscopy — Divination by use of a shoulder blade.
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- palaeoecology — the study of fossil animals and plants in order to deduce their ecology and the environmental conditions in which they lived
- parabolically — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- paradoxically — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- parasitically — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- parry channel — a water channel in N Canada running between Baffin Bay on the E and the Arctic Ocean on the W: separates the Queen Elizabeth Islands (N) from the rest of the Arctic Archipelago.
- parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
- participantly — in a participant manner
- particularity — the quality or state of being particular.
- partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
- party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pascal celery — any of several large, dark-green varieties of celery with firm, crisp stalks
- patriarchally — of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.: my father's conservative, patriarchal ways.
- patrifocality — the system or fact of being patrifocal
- patriotically — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- pay-per-click — a system used to set prices for online advertisements on a search engine or other website, by which the advertiser pays a small fee to the website publisher each time a user clicks on the advertisement.
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
- peirastically — in a peirastic manner
- pencil crayon — coloured pencil
- pensacola bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, in NW Florida. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pentadactylic — having five digits on each limb
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- perspectively — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- petit larceny — petty larceny.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- petty larceny — law: minor theft
- phencyclidine — an anesthetic drug, C 1 7 H 2 5 N, used as an animal tranquilizer: also widely used in several forms as an illicit hallucinogen.
- phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
- phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
- phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
- physical file — (file system) A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
- physicalistic — of or relating to physicalism.
- physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- physiological — of or relating to physiology.
- physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
- phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
- pianistically — in a manner or way that is pianistic
- picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.