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

  • pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
  • paralipomenon — Chronicles.
  • parietal bone — either of a pair of membrane bones forming, by their union at the sagittal suture, part of the sides and top of the skull.
  • partitionable — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
  • passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
  • pelletization — the act of forming or shaping into pellets
  • peloponnesian — a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
  • penalty point — an endorsement on a driving licence due to a motoring offence
  • pencil crayon — coloured pencil
  • peneplanation — an area reduced almost to a plain by erosion.
  • penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
  • pentobarbital — a barbiturate, C 1 1 H 1 7 N 2 O 3 , used as a hypnotic and as a sedative.
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
  • peritonealize — to cover with peritoneum.
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
  • 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.
  • petrol engine — an internal-combustion engine that uses petrol as fuel
  • petrol-driven — (of a car, engine, etc) powered by petrol
  • phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
  • phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
  • phenomenalize — to regard or interpret as a phenomenon.
  • photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
  • phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
  • phylloquinone — vitamin K1.
  • pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • plimsoll line — load line (def 1).
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