13-letter words containing e, s, p, i
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- 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
- phallic phase — the time from about age three to five when the genitals become the focus of a child's sensual pleasure.
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
- phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- phenoxy resin — any of a class of resins derived from polyhydroxy ethers
- philhellenism — a friend or supporter of the Greeks.
- phillips head — a screw head having two partial slots crossed at right angles, driven by a special screwdriver (Phillips screwdriver)
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- philosophizer — to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
- phosphokinase — an increase in the amount of creatine phosphokinase that is released into the bloodstream when a muscle becomes injured
- phospholipase — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the breaking down of phospholipids.
- photoemission — photoelectric effect.
- photofinisher — a person whose profession is photofinishing
- photophoresis — the move away from a strong light source by previously suspended particles in a gas
- photopositive — pertaining to a substance whose conductivity increases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- 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.
- 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
- physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physiotherapy — physical therapy.
- physitheistic — of, relating to, or believing in physitheism
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- phytocoenosis — the plants of a given area considered as a whole.
- pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
- piece of piss — something easily obtained of achieved
- piece of shit — despicable person
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- pietistically — in a pietistical manner
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- pigheadedness — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
- pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
- pilsner-glass — a pale, light lager beer.
- pinch pennies — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
- pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
- pise-de-terre — a mixture of sand, loam, clay, and other ingredients rammed hard within forms as a building material.
- piss all over — to be far superior to