13-letter words containing p, i, s, t, l
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- compatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compatibilist — (philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
- completionist — (in a video game) a player who attempts to complete every challenge and earn every achievement or trophy: I’m not really a completionist, so I skipped the side missions and focused on the main story quests.
- complications — Plural form of complication.
- compositional — Compositional refers to the way composers and artists use their skills or techniques in their work.
- compulsionist — a believer in compulsion, esp a believer in obligatory military service
- conceptualise — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
- conceptualist — any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts. Compare nominalism, realism (def 5).
- consumptively — In a consumptive manner.
- contemplatist — a contemplator
- corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
- cosmopolitans — Plural form of cosmopolitan.
- cosmopolitics — world politics
- cosmopolitism — The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.
- cryptanalysis — the study of codes and ciphers; cryptography
- cryptoclastic — (of minerals and rocks) composed of microscopic fragments
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
- decapitalised — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- depoliticised — Simple past tense and past participle of depoliticise.
- depoliticizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depoliticize.
- descriptively — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- despicability — Despicableness.
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- dilapidations — Plural form of dilapidation.
- disemployment — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- dispiritingly — In a dispiriting manner.
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- displantation — the removal of a plantation
- disponibility — Availability.
- disposability — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- dispositional — the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.
- dispositively — in a dispositive manner
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- 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.
- duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- electrooptics — the technology that deals with the production, control, and detection of light by electrical devices
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- electrotypist — an electrotyper
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- elephantiasis — A condition in which a limb or other part of the body becomes grossly enlarged due to obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, typically by the nematode parasites that cause filariasis.
- ellipticities — Plural form of ellipticity.