13-letter words containing p, e, s, k
- leopard shark — a small, inshore shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive black markings across the back, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters from Oregon through California.
- leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
- leukapheresis — a medical procedure that separates certain leukocytes from the blood, used to collect leukocytes for donation or to remove excessive leukocytes from a patient's blood
- lickety-split — at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety-split.
- like ninepins — If you say that people or things are going down like ninepins, you mean that large numbers of them are suddenly becoming ill, collapsing, or doing very badly.
- lipstick tree — annatto (def 1).
- make a splash — If you make a splash, you become noticed or become popular because of something that you have done.
- make position — the situation in which a short vowel may be regarded as long, that is, when it occurs before two or more consonants
- make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
- make-up class — a course of teaching in the application of make-up
- marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
- masking piece — a flat, curtain, or other piece of scenery for concealing a part of a stage from the audience.
- milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
- outspokenness — The quality of being outspoken; bluntness; frankness; candour.
- package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
- packet switch — packet switching
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- pairs skaters — two skaters, a man and a woman, or a boy and a girl, who skate together, esp in competitions
- paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
- parker bowles — Camilla (née Shand). born 1947, became the second wife of Prince Charles in 2005; created Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay
- pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
- passager hawk — young hawk or falcon caught while on migration
- peak district — a region of N central England, mainly in N Derbyshire at the S end of the Pennines: consists of moors in the north and a central limestone plateau; many caves. Highest point: 727 m (2088 ft)
- pedestal desk — a desk with a writing surface supported by a pair of sets of drawers
- pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
- people skills — ability to communicate
- pepper shaker — container that dispenses pepper
- petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
- phosphokinase — an increase in the amount of creatine phosphokinase that is released into the bloodstream when a muscle becomes injured
- phrase marker — (in generative grammar) a representation of the constituent structure of a sentence, using a tree diagram or labeled bracketing.
- pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
- piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
- pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
- pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- plunket nurse — a child-care nurse appointed by the Plunket Society
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
- pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
- pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
- power workers — the people who work in the power industry
- prairie skirt — a full, dirndl-style skirt with a flounce on the bottom edge that is sometimes trimmed or lined to suggest a petticoat underneath.
- pressed brick — face brick molded under pressure to a desired finish.
- pressure-cook — to cook in a pressure cooker.
- prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
- printer's ink — a type of quick-drying ink used in printing
- psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
- quaking aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.