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13-letter words containing p, i, l, u, e

  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • phylloquinone — vitamin K1.
  • 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.
  • plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
  • plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • platitudinize — to utter platitudes.
  • pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
  • plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
  • plique-a-jour — an enameling technique in which the colored enamels are fused into the spaces of a wire framework on a temporary backing; the backing is then removed, producing a translucent effect
  • plunging fire — artillery or other fire that strikes the ground at a steep angle, as from high ground overlooking the target or from a weapon fired at a high angle of elevation.
  • plural eulisp — EuLisp with parallel extensions. "Collections and Garbage Collection", S.C. Merall et al, in Memory Management - IWMM92, Springer 1992, pp.473-489.
  • pluripresence — presence in more than one place at the same time
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
  • pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
  • polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • poult-de-soie — a soft, ribbed silk fabric, used especially for dresses.
  • power failure — electricity outage
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
  • prerevolution — of the period before a revolution
  • prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
  • presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
  • pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • primum mobile — (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
  • proliferously — by proliferation
  • prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
  • prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
  • prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
  • pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
  • pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
  • public access — the availability of noncommercial television and radio broadcasting facilities to community groups or members of the public for programs of general interest to the community, especially as a condition of cable television franchises.
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
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