13-letter words containing p, l, a, n, t
- non-compliant — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- non-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- non-reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
- noncapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- noncompatible — Not compatible.
- nonconceptual — Not of a conceptual nature.
- nondepletable — not depletable
- nondiplomatic — not diplomatic or related to diplomacy
- nonpolitician — One who is not a politician.
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
- nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- onomatopoeial — (obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
- open a bottle — If you open a bottle, you remove the cork or cap.
- open interval — (mathematics) A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- operationally — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- optical crown — an optical glass of low dispersion and relatively low refractive index. It is used in the construction of lenses
- optical flint — an optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index containing lead oxide. They are used in the manufacture of lenses, artificial gems, and cut glass
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
- packing plant — an establishment for processing and packing foods, especially meat, to be sold at wholesale.
- paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
- painstakingly — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
- painterliness — the quality of being painterly
- pair trawling — the act or practice of using two boats to trawl for fish
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- palaeontology — Palaeontology is the study of fossils as a guide to the history of life on Earth.
- palazzo pants — women's trousers with very wide legs
- paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
- palingenesist — a person who believes in a doctrine of rebirth or transmigration of souls.
- pallas athena — Also, Athene [uh-thee-nee] /əˈθi ni/ (Show IPA). Also called Pallas, Pallas Athena. the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare. At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus. Compare Minerva.
- palletization — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palmification — the fertilization of date palms artificially
- pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
- panel heating — heating of a room or building by means of wall, ceiling, floor, or baseboard panels containing heating pipes or electrical conductors.
- panel patient — a patient insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- panel-beating — the act of beating out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.