13-letter words containing o, l, i, p
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- physiological — of or relating to physiology.
- physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
- phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
- pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- pick-and-roll — an offensive maneuver in which a player interposes himself or herself between a teammate with the ball and a defender, then cuts quickly toward the basket for a pass from the same teammate.
- pickerel frog — a meadow frog, Rana palustris, common in eastern North America, similar to the leopard frog but with squarish dark spots on the back.
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- piezoelectric — electricity, or electric polarity, produced by the piezoelectric effect.
- pilot balloon — a balloon for the visual observation of upper-atmosphere wind currents.
- pilot biscuit — hardtack.
- pilot officer — A pilot officer is an officer of low rank in the British Royal Air Force.
- pilot station — Also called pilotage. an onshore office or headquarters for pilots.
- pimple copper — a form of copper matte about 80 percent pure, somewhat less refined than blister copper.
- pinar del rio — a city in W Cuba.
- pink bollworm — the larva of a gelechiid moth, Pectinophora gossypiella, that feeds on the seeds of the bolls of cotton and was introduced into cotton-growing regions of the world from Asia.
- piroplasmosis — babesiosis.
- piss all over — to be far superior to
- pistol shrimp — any common shrimp of the family Alphaeidae, distinguished by the snapping sound made by its enlarged claw.
- pitching tool — a masonry chisel for rough work
- plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
- plagiostomous — plagiostome
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
- 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.
- plant kingdom — the plants of the world collectively.
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- 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
- platinocyanic — of or derived from platinocyanic acid.
- platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
- platonic love — Platonism. love of the Idea of beauty, seen as terminating an evolution from the desire for an individual and the love of physical beauty to the love and contemplation of spiritual or ideal beauty.
- platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
- platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
- play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play hob with — to make trouble for; interfere with and make disordered
- play politics — the science or art of political government.
- plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
- plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
- plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
- pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
- plimsoll line — load line (def 1).
- plimsoll mark — load-line mark.
- plique-a-jour — an enameling technique in which the colored enamels are fused into the spaces of a wire framework on a temporary backing; the backing is then removed, producing a translucent effect
- plum curculio — See under curculio.
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- pluralization — to receive or take a plural form.