13-letter words containing e, l, a, s, t, n
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- non-essential — not essential; not necessary: Nonessential use of gasoline was forbidden during the war.
- non-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- nonadolescent — Not adolescent.
- nonessentials — things that are not absolutely necessary
- nonfatalities — Plural form of nonfatality.
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- noninstalment — (of a loan) not payable in instalments
- nonsensuality — The state or condition of being nonsensual.
- nonsequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- northeasterly — of or located in the northeast.
- novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
- nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
- octagon scale — a scale used in laying out octagonal figures of various sizes.
- old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
- old testament — the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. In the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- originalities — Plural form of originality.
- ornamentalism — the desire or tendency to feature ornament in the design of buildings, interiors, furnishings, etc.
- ornamentalist — A person who ornaments.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
- painterliness — the quality of being painterly
- palingenesist — a person who believes in a doctrine of rebirth or transmigration of souls.
- pallas athena — Also, Athene [uh-thee-nee] /əˈθi ni/ (Show IPA). Also called Pallas, Pallas Athena. the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare. At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus. Compare Minerva.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parsons table — a square or rectangular table, often of lightweight material, with straight legs that are square in cross section and of the same thickness as the top extending from the corners flush with the top so as to appear jointless.
- pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
- paternalistic — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- pelican state — Louisiana (used as a nickname).
- penalty rates — rates of pay, such as double time, paid to employees working outside normal working hours
- peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- pentasyllable — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- personal best — A sports player's personal best is the highest score or fastest time that they have ever achieved.
- personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personalities — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
- place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.