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13-letter words containing o, p, e, n, l, a

  • 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.
  • pinar del rio — a city in W Cuba.
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • plane journey — a journey made by flying in an aeroplane
  • plane spotter — a person who observes, photographs, and catalogues aircraft as a hobby
  • planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
  • plano-concave — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and concave on the other.
  • plant hormone — an organic chemical, as auxin, produced by plant cells and functioning at various sites to regulate growth, turning, metabolic processes, etc.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • 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
  • 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.
  • pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
  • polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
  • pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
  • police action — a relatively localized military action undertaken by regular armed forces, without a formal declaration of war, against guerrillas, insurgents, or other forces held to be violating international peace and order.
  • polio vaccine — a vaccine administered to induce specific active immunity to poliomyelitis.
  • pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
  • polling place — a place at or in which votes in an election are cast.
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • polycarbonate — a synthetic thermoplastic resin, a linear polymer of carbonic acid, used for molded products, films, and nonbreakable windows.
  • polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
  • 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
  • pomme blanche — breadroot.
  • pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
  • ponta delgada — a seaport on SW São Miguel island, in the E Azores.
  • poor relation — If you describe one thing as a poor relation of another, you mean that it is similar to or part of the other thing, but is considered to be inferior to it.
  • poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
  • port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
  • portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
  • postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
  • predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
  • predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
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