13-letter words containing p, a, r, s, o, l
- 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.
- personal best — A sports player's personal best is the highest score or fastest time that they have ever achieved.
- personal call — a private phone call
- personal care — assistance in dressing, grooming, etc., provided to elderly, disabled, or other persons who are unable to care for themselves.
- personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
- personal loan — a loan of money for personal use
- 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.
- petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phosphorylase — any enzyme, occurring widely in animal and plant tissue, that in the presence of an inorganic phosphate catalyzes the conversion of glycogen into sugar phosphate.
- phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- 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.
- piroplasmosis — babesiosis.
- piss all over — to be far superior to
- place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- plane spotter — a person who observes, photographs, and catalogues aircraft as a hobby
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
- play on words — a pun or the act of punning.
- pleasure boat — recreational vessel
- pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
- plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
- plimsoll mark — load-line mark.
- 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.
- polyarteritis — inflammation of the layers of an artery or of many arteries, usually caused by a severe hypersensitivity reaction, and characterized by nodules and hemorrhage along the involved vessels.
- polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- polyribosomal — relating to a polyribosome
- polysomnogram — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- port du salut — Port-Salut.
- 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.
- portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
- post-prandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
- postcranially — affecting the postcranium
- postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
- postlapsarian — occurring or being after the Fall.
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.