13-letter words containing o, p, a, l, e, y
- polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- polytechnical — relating to a technical school
- polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- 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.
- potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
- precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- proleptically — anticipatorily
- prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- proprietarily — belonging to a proprietor.
- provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychoanalyze — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- quaterpolymer — A copolymer derived from four species of monomer.
- radioteletype — Also called radioteletypewriter [rey-dee-oh-tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, -tel-i-tahyp-rahy-] /ˌreɪ di oʊˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, -ˈtɛl ɪ taɪpˌraɪ-/ (Show IPA). a teletypewriter equipped for transmitting or receiving messages by radio instead of wire.
- real property — an estate or property consisting of lands and of all appurtenances to lands, as buildings, crops, or mineral rights (distinguished from personal property).
- reciprocality — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- record player — phonograph.
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- scaphocephaly — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- soccer player — A soccer player is a person who plays soccer, especially as a profession.
- space biology — exobiology.
- speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
- spoiler party — a third political party formed to draw votes away from one of the two major parties, thus spoiling its chance of winning an election.
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- state of play — current situation
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
- sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- tropical year — year (def 4b).
- type locality — Biology. the locality in which a type specimen was collected.
- unexplanatory — serving to explain: an explanatory footnote.
- valued policy — a policy in which the company and the policyholder agree to the amount to be paid in the event of total loss of property, regardless of the value of the property.
- yellow poplar — tulip tree (def 1).
- york imperial — an American variety of yellow or green apple with red stripes.
- zygapophyseal — one of the four processes of a vertebra, occurring in pairs that interlock each vertebra with the vertebrae above and below.