13-letter words containing l, i, t, a, p, o
- polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
- polychromatic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
- 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
- polytechnical — relating to a technical school
- pontificality — a priestly role or office
- poor relation — If you describe one thing as a poor relation of another, you mean that it is similar to or part of the other thing, but is considered to be inferior to it.
- poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
- port adelaide — the chief port of South Australia, near Adelaide on St Vincent Gulf. Pop: 33 145 (2006)
- portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
- post-colonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
- post-prandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postcanonical — written at a later date than the books belonging to a canon, especially the Bible.
- postclassical — of or relating to a time after the classical period, especially in art, culture, or literature.
- postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
- postcranially — affecting the postcranium
- postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
- postisolation — following a period of isolation
- postlapsarian — occurring or being after the Fall.
- postulational — to ask, demand, or claim.
- potamological — of or relating to potamology
- potato blight — fungal disease affecting potatoes
- pre-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- prepositional — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
- prevolitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- primordiality — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- priority mail — (in the U.S. Postal Service) mail consisting of merchandise weighing more than 12 ounces sent at first-class rates.
- private hotel — a residential hotel or boarding house in which the proprietor has the right to refuse to accept a person as a guest, esp a person arriving by chance
- pro-abolition — the act of abolishing: the abolition of war.
- probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
- problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- procreational — having the potential to procreate
- profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- progenitorial — characteristic of a progenitor
- proleptically — anticipatorily
- proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
- prolification — the production of offspring
- promotability — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- propositional — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- propraetorial — of, or relating to, a propraetor