13-letter words containing i, l, o, p, s, a
- 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.
- osteoplasties — Plural form of osteoplasty.
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- overappraisal — An appraisal that overvalues something.
- ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
- pablo picasso — Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1973, Spanish painter and sculptor in France.
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- paleo-asiatic — a member of any of various Mongoloid peoples of northeastern Asia.
- paleosiberian — a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the unrelated language isolates Ket, Nivkh, and Yukaghir; Paleo-Asiatic.
- palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- papillomatous — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- parapophysial — of or relating to a parapophysis
- parrot's-bill — a showy, vinelike plant, Clianthus puniceus, of New Zealand, having clusters of eight white-streaked, crimson flowers.
- passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
- patripotestal — Anthropology. of or relating to the authority exercised by a father or a father's blood relatives.
- peloponnesian — a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
- periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
- 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.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- 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.
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- philosophical — of or relating to philosophy: philosophical studies.
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- phospholipase — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the breaking down of phospholipids.
- photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- physiological — of or relating to physiology.
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- pilot station — Also called pilotage. an onshore office or headquarters for pilots.
- piroplasmosis — babesiosis.
- piss all over — to be far superior to
- plagiostomous — plagiostome
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
- platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.