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13-letter words containing p, a, s, h, l

  • paraphrasable — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
  • parapophysial — of or relating to a parapophysis
  • paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
  • passchendaele — a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
  • peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
  • pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • pedal pushers — women's short trousers
  • pelham holles — Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1693–1768, British statesman: prime minister 1754–56, 1757–62 (brother of Henry Pelham).
  • pelham-holles — Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1693–1768, British statesman: prime minister 1754–56, 1757–62 (brother of Henry Pelham).
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • peripheralism — the explanation of psychological events emphasizing peripheral human functions, as those of skeletal muscles or the sex organs, rather than cognition or other processes of the central nervous system.
  • perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
  • petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
  • phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
  • phallic phase — the time from about age three to five when the genitals become the focus of a child's sensual pleasure.
  • phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
  • phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
  • phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • phillips head — a screw head having two partial slots crossed at right angles, driven by a special screwdriver (Phillips screwdriver)
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • philosophical — of or relating to philosophy: philosophical studies.
  • phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
  • phospholipase — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the breaking down of phospholipids.
  • 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).
  • photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
  • phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
  • phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
  • phyllophagous — (of an organism) feeding on leaves.
  • physical file — (file system)   A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
  • physicalistic — of or relating to physicalism.
  • physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
  • physiological — of or relating to physiology.
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • pleasant hill — a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
  • polythalamous — having multiple chambers
  • postholocaust — following a holocaust
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
  • principalship — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
  • psammophilous — living or growing in sand
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
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