13-letter words containing l, i, p, s
- 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.
- palingenesist — a person who believes in a doctrine of rebirth or transmigration of souls.
- palisade cell — a columnar cell of palisade parenchyma.
- palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- panic selling — widespread selling of a security or investment, causing sharp price declines. Usually caused by an unexpected event seen to devalue the security.
- 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
- papaprelatist — a supporter of papal prelates
- papillomatous — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- parallelistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a parallelism.
- parapophysial — of or relating to a parapophysis
- parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
- parasitically — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parris island — a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.
- parrot's-bill — a showy, vinelike plant, Clianthus puniceus, of New Zealand, having clusters of eight white-streaked, crimson flowers.
- parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
- parsley piert — a small N temperate rosaceous plant, Aphanes arvensis, having fan-shaped leaves and small greenish flowers
- particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
- pas de calais — a department of N France, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, on the Straits of Dover (the Pas de Calais): the part of France closest to the British Isles. Capital: Arras. Pop: 1 451 307 (2003 est). Area: 6752 sq km (2633 sq miles)
- pas-de-calais — French name of the Strait of Dover.
- passing place — a wider place on a narrow road where vehicles can pass
- 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.
- paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
- 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.
- patripotestal — Anthropology. of or relating to the authority exercised by a father or a father's blood relatives.
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
- peirastically — in a peirastic manner
- pelican state — Louisiana (used as a nickname).
- 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).
- pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- pencil stripe — a stripe of varying widths, especially a dark stripe on a light ground.
- pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- penicillinase — any of a group of enzymes used to treat allergic reactions to penicillin
- peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
- peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
- pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
- penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- people skills — ability to communicate
- periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
- peripheralism — the explanation of psychological events emphasizing peripheral human functions, as those of skeletal muscles or the sex organs, rather than cognition or other processes of the central nervous system.
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.