13-letter words containing p, i, l, o, n
- explantations — Plural form of explantation.
- explicitation — (rare, possibly nonstandard) The process or fact of becoming explicit or of causing to be explicit; that which makes something explicit.
- exploitations — Plural form of exploitation.
- explorational — Of, pertaining to, or by means of exploration.
- explosiveness — The state of being explosive.
- exponentially — (mathematics, sciences) In an exponential manner.
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
- extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
- extrapolation — (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
- filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
- flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- flavopurpurin — a yellow, crystalline anthraquinone dye, C 14 H 8 O 5 , isomeric with purpurin.
- flip-flopping — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
- foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
- fore clipping — a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.
- fowling piece — a shotgun for shooting wildfowl.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- friction pile — a pile depending on the friction of surrounding earth for support.
- gas explosion — an explosion caused by a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source
- genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- giant scallop — sea scallop.
- glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- gopher client — (networking) A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
- gospel singer — a singer performing gospel music
- gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
- horripilation — a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.
- hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperrational — characterized by excessive rationality
- hypnoanalysis — a method of psychoanalysis in which a patient is put into hypnosis in an attempt to secure analytic data, free associations, and early emotional reactions.
- hypobranchial — situated below the gills or beneath the branchial arches.
- hyponymically — In a hyponymic way.
- hypoventilate — (intransitive) To undergo hypoventilation.
- iceland poppy — any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers