13-letter words containing p, e, t, i, s
- thermospheric — pertaining to the thermosphere
- thermotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thiophosphate — a salt or ester of thiophosphoric acid.
- time exposure — a long exposure in which the shutter is opened and closed by hand or by a mechanism other than the automatic mechanism of the shutter.
- tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
- tissue typing — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- to be precise — You say 'to be precise' to indicate that you are giving more detailed or accurate information than you have just given.
- to go apeshit — to become crazy, enraged, or out of control
- topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
- topoisomerase — any of a class of enzymes that control the coiling of DNA molecules
- total eclipse — an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- trade dispute — a dispute between workers and their employer
- train spotter — a person who collects the numbers of railway locomotives
- transcriptase — RNA polymerase.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
- treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
- trichopterist — a student of, or expert in, trichopteran insects
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- type specimen — an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.
- uncircumspect — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- undescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- undistempered — not diseased; free from illness
- unparasitized — not host to a parasite or parasites
- unpasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- unpicturesque — not visually pleasing; not striking or beautiful
- unpitifulness — a lack or absence of pity
- unplasticized — not made plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- unpretentious — not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
- unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
- unsusceptible — not susceptible or impressionable; not possible or easy to influence; not vulnerable (to harm)
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- untrespassing — not trespassing or infringing
- up shit creek — excrement; feces.
- upper austria — a province in N Austria. 4631 sq. mi. (11,995 sq. km). Capital: Linz.
- uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
- vanity plates — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
- vapor tension — vapor pressure.
- vide ut supra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see as above
- vino de pasto — a pale, dry sherry of Spain.
- visceroptosis — a downward displacement of the intestine
- vivisepulture — the burying of something while still alive
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- water parsnip — a perennial aquatic plant; Berula erecta
- water spaniel — either of two breeds of spaniels, used for retrieving waterfowl.