13-letter words containing e, y, c, l, i
- 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
- phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
- picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
- pietistically — in a pietistical manner
- placentia bay — a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada, W of the Avalon Peninsula. About 100 miles (160 km) long and 80 miles (129 km) wide.
- plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
- platycephalic — having a head whose cranial vault is broad or flat.
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- polytechnical — relating to a technical school
- precipitately — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- pro-celebrity — (of a golf tournament, snooker tournament, etc) involving both professional players and celebrities
- proleptically — anticipatorily
- prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- racial memory — feelings, patterns of thought, and fragments of experience that have been transmitted from generation to generation in all humans and have deeply influenced the mind and behavior.
- rankine cycle — the hypothetical cycle of a steam engine in which all heat transfers take place at constant pressure and in which expansion and compression occur adiabatically.
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- realistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
- recallability — the quality of being recallable
- receivability — the fact or condition of being receivable
- receptibility — the quality or condition of being receptible
- reciprocality — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- recrystallize — to become crystallized again.
- rectipetality — the tendency of growing in a straight line
- recyclability — to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse: recycling paper to save trees.
- relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- reminiscently — awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of): His style of writing is reminiscent of Melville's.
- replicability — the quality or state of being replicable
- resectability — the state of being resectable
- restrictively — tending or serving to restrict.
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- rheologically — in a rheological manner
- royal society — The Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science, a society through which the British government has supported scientific investigation since 1662: awards four annual medals.
- sacrifice fly — a fly ball when there are fewer than two players out that enables a base runner, usually at third base, to score after the ball is caught.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- schuylerville — a village in E New York, on the Hudson: scene of Burgoyne's defeat and surrender in the Battle of Saratoga 1777.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- selectability — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.