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13-letter words containing l, o, s, p

  • pole position — a position on the inside of the track in any race.
  • police escort — a police officer or vehicle which accompanies a prisoner
  • poliomyelitis — an acute viral disease, usually affecting children and young adults, caused by any of three polioviruses, characterized by inflammation of the motor neurons of the brain stem and spinal cord, and resulting in a motor paralysis, followed by muscular atrophy and often permanent deformities.
  • polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
  • pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
  • pollice verso — with thumbs turned downward: the sign made by spectators calling for the death of a defeated gladiator in the ancient Roman circus.
  • polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • polyarteritis — inflammation of the layers of an artery or of many arteries, usually caused by a severe hypersensitivity reaction, and characterized by nodules and hemorrhage along the involved vessels.
  • polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
  • polychotomous — divided into multiple parts
  • polycistronic — of or relating to the transcription of two or more adjacent cistrons into a single messenger RNA molecule.
  • polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
  • polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
  • polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
  • polynomialism — a polynomial naming system
  • polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
  • polyribosomal — relating to a polyribosome
  • polysomnogram — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
  • polysyllabism — a polysyllabic style or the use of multisyllabic words
  • polysyllogism — an argument made up of a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each being a premise of the one following, until the last one.
  • 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).
  • polythalamous — having multiple chambers
  • pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
  • popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • port du salut — Port-Salut.
  • portal system — a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins.
  • portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
  • position line — line of position.
  • possibilities — the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.
  • 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
  • postepileptic — after an epileptic seizure
  • postholocaust — following a holocaust
  • postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
  • postisolation — following a period of isolation
  • postlapsarian — occurring or being after the Fall.
  • postliminious — subsequently undertaken
  • postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • postulational — to ask, demand, or claim.
  • postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
  • potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
  • poult-de-soie — a soft, ribbed silk fabric, used especially for dresses.
  • pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
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