13-letter words containing p, i, s, t
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- trip a switch — to activate (a mechanical trip)
- triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
- trophotropism — the response by an organism or cell to, or the movement of an organism or cell towards or away from, an external source of nutrition
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
- type specimen — an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.
- ultraphysical — extremely physical
- uncircumspect — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
- 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
- unspiritually — in an unspiritual manner
- 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 against it — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- 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.
- vinyl plastic — any of various plastics made from polymerized vinyl compounds or copolymers of vinyl and other resins, used in various molded or extruded products, coatings, adhesives, sizes, etc.
- visakhapatnam — a seaport in Andhra Pradesh, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal.
- 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.
- watering spot — watering hole
- waterscorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- weather strip — a thin strip of compressible material, such as spring metal, felt, etc, that is fitted between the frame of a door or window and the opening part to exclude wind and rain
- weather-strip — to apply weather stripping to (something).
- weatherstrips — Plural form of weatherstrip.
- west pakistan — a former province of British Pakistan, separated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by N India: declared independence as Republic of Pakistan 1956.
- whipping post — a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty.
- whipstitching — Present participle of whipstitch.
- wicketkeepers — Plural form of wicketkeeper.
- winter sports — Winter sports are sports that take place on ice or snow, for example skating and skiing.
- with pleasure — gladly, willingly