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13-letter words containing p, c, e, l, t, i

  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • perspectively — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
  • petit larceny — petty larceny.
  • petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.
  • petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
  • phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
  • photoallergic — photosensitive.
  • photochemical — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
  • photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
  • photoelectric — pertaining to the electronic or other electric effects produced by light.
  • photogeologic — of or relating to photogeology
  • phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
  • physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
  • phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
  • pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
  • picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
  • picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
  • pietistically — in a pietistical manner
  • piezoelectric — electricity, or electric polarity, produced by the piezoelectric effect.
  • pilot officer — A pilot officer is an officer of low rank in the British Royal Air Force.
  • pitcher plant — any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
  • place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • placentia bay — a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada, W of the Avalon Peninsula. About 100 miles (160 km) long and 80 miles (129 km) wide.
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
  • 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.
  • platycephalic — having a head whose cranial vault is broad or flat.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
  • pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
  • pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
  • 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.
  • police escort — a police officer or vehicle which accompanies a prisoner
  • politicalized — to cause to be political; color with politics.
  • polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
  • polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • postepileptic — after an epileptic seizure
  • practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
  • pre-eclamptic — a woman suffering from pre-eclampsia
  • pre-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
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