13-letter words containing l, o, s, t, i
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- parrot's-bill — a showy, vinelike plant, Clianthus puniceus, of New Zealand, having clusters of eight white-streaked, crimson flowers.
- patripotestal — Anthropology. of or relating to the authority exercised by a father or a father's blood relatives.
- 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
- 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.
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- 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.
- physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- pilot biscuit — hardtack.
- pilot station — Also called pilotage. an onshore office or headquarters for pilots.
- pistol shrimp — any common shrimp of the family Alphaeidae, distinguished by the snapping sound made by its enlarged claw.
- 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.
- 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.
- play politics — the science or art of political government.
- plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
- pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- point of sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- point-of-sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- pointillistic — pertaining to or characteristic of pointillism or pointillists.
- 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.
- 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.
- polycistronic — of or relating to the transcription of two or more adjacent cistrons into a single messenger RNA molecule.
- 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).
- 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.