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

  • complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
  • compressional — relating to compression
  • compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
  • computer file — file
  • convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
  • cooperatively — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
  • copolymerized — Polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer.
  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
  • councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
  • counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
  • cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
  • demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
  • dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
  • depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
  • depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
  • depolymerized — Simple past tense and past participle of depolymerize.
  • deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
  • devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
  • diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
  • dinitrophenol — any of the six isomers consisting of phenol where two hydrogen atoms are substituted by nitro groups, C 6 H 4 N 2 O 5 , used in dyes and wood preservatives, and in biochemistry to uncouple oxidative phosphorylation.
  • doppler shift — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
  • double-dipper — Informal. to earn a salary from one position while collecting a pension from the same employer or organization, especially to be a wage earner on the federal payroll while receiving a military retiree's pension.
  • double-ripper — bobsled (def 2).
  • drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
  • electrooptics — the technology that deals with the production, control, and detection of light by electrical devices
  • electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
  • electrophilic — (of a molecule or group) having a tendency to attract or acquire electrons.
  • electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
  • electrotyping — The act or process of making electrotypes.
  • electrotypist — an electrotyper
  • epidermolysis — Loosening of the epidermis, with extensive blistering of the skin and mucous membranes, occurring either after injury, or as a spontaneous and potentially dangerous condition, particularly in children.
  • epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
  • epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
  • eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.
  • explanatorily — With regard to explanatory power.
  • explorational — Of, pertaining to, or by means of exploration.
  • exploratively — in an explorative manner
  • exploratorium — A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
  • exportability — The property of being exportable.
  • extemporarily — In an extemporary manner.
  • extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
  • extrapolation — (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
  • extrapolative — That serves to extrapolate.
  • extratropical — Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.
  • extremophiles — Plural form of extremophile.
  • field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
  • fighter pilot — sb who pilots a bomber plane
  • filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
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