13-letter words containing n, t, u, p, l
- picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
- plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- platiniridium — a natural alloy composed chiefly of platinum and iridium.
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- platitudinize — to utter platitudes.
- platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
- plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
- plenum system — a type of air-conditioning system in which air is passed into a room at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- plunket nurse — a child-care nurse appointed by the Plunket Society
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- pluralization — to receive or take a plural form.
- plus juncture — open juncture.
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
- pont l'eveque — a strongly flavored, pale-yellow cheese with a soft center, made from whole or skimmed milk.
- popular front — a coalition, usually temporary, of leftist and sometimes centrist political parties, formed against a common opponent, as fascism, and promoting social reform.
- port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
- postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
- postliminious — subsequently undertaken
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- postulational — to ask, demand, or claim.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- prerevolution — of the period before a revolution
- present value — current monetary worth
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- preternatural — out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal: preternatural powers.
- protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
- protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- punctuational — punctuated equilibrium.
- purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
- pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
- quality point — Education. grade point.
- quintuplicate — a group, series, or set of five copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten matter.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
- republication — publication anew.
- route planner — a book of road maps