13-letter words containing p, a, l, o, s, n
- lamellaphones — Plural form of lamellaphone.
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laser pointer — a portable laser that emits monochromatic light over a long and narrow distance, used especially as a pointing device.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
- malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
- manipulations — Plural form of manipulation.
- mansplanation — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- metallophones — Plural form of metallophone.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
- naples yellow — a yellow pigment, used by artists; lead antimonate
- natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
- neocapitalist — a person who advocates neocapitalism
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- non-episcopal — of or relating to a bishop: episcopal authority.
- non-opposable — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- non-spillable — to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- noncapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- nondisposable — Not disposable.
- nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
- palazzo pants — women's trousers with very wide legs
- paleosiberian — a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the unrelated language isolates Ket, Nivkh, and Yukaghir; Paleo-Asiatic.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- pangola grass — a grass, Digitaria decumbens, native to southern Africa, cultivated for hay and forage in the southeastern U.S.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parsons table — a square or rectangular table, often of lightweight material, with straight legs that are square in cross section and of the same thickness as the top extending from the corners flush with the top so as to appear jointless.
- 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.
- pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
- 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).