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13-letter words containing p, l, e, a

  • appropriately — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
  • approval code — An approval code is a PIN or other verification code needed to authorize a payment going through the cash register.
  • approximately — close to; around; roughly or in the region of
  • april showers — showers falling in April, generally considered a showery month
  • archeptolemus — (in the Iliad) the son of Iphitus who served as a charioteer for Hector.
  • archipelagoes — Plural form of archipelago.
  • armour-plated — An armour-plated vehicle or building has a hard metal covering in order to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
  • aryepiglottic — pertaining to or connecting the arytenoid cartilage and the epiglottis.
  • as you please — You can use as you please in expressions such as bold as you please or casually as you please or charming as you please in order to emphasize what you are saying.
  • ascoli piceno — a town in E central Italy, in the Marches: capital of the Roman province of Picenum; site of the massacre of all its Roman citizens in the Social War in 90 bc. Pop: 51 375 (2001)
  • asexual spore — a spore that is the result of asexual reproduction
  • aspergillosis — a rare fungal infection, esp of the mucous membranes or lungs, caused by various species of Aspergillus
  • asphalt paper — paper treated with asphalt, as to increase toughness or water resistance.
  • astroparticle — (astrophysics) A subatomic particle of cosmic origin.
  • atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • atypicalities — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
  • autocephalous — (of an Eastern Christian Church) governed by its own national synods and appointing its own patriarchs or prelates
  • baby elephant — a very young elephant
  • backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • balanced step — any of a series of staircase winders so planned that they are nearly as wide at the inside of the stair as the adjacent fliers.
  • ballistospore — a spore, esp a fungal spore, that is forcefully ejected from its source
  • balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
  • balsam spruce — either of two North American coniferous trees of the genus Picea, P. pungens (the blue spruce) or P. engelmanni
  • banded purple — any color having components of both red and blue, such as lavender, especially one deep in tone.
  • barber's pole — a sign outside a barber's shop consisting of a pole painted with red and white spiral stripes
  • barley stripe — a disease of barley, characterized by blighted heads and chlorotic, brown, or frayed stripes on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Helminthosporium gramineum.
  • barred spiral — a spiral galaxy in which the arms originate at the ends of a bar-shaped nucleus
  • barrel-shaped — having the shape of a barrel
  • bartlett pear — a large, juicy variety of pear
  • base hospital — a hospital serving a large rural area
  • basic plumage — the plumage assumed by an adult bird at its complete, usually annual, molt.
  • bay of naples — an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the SW coast of Italy
  • bay of plenty — a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand
  • beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
  • bear the palm — to be the winner; take the prize
  • bearing plate — a heavy metal plate for receiving and distributing concentrated weight, as from a column or one end of a truss.
  • beauty parlor — A beauty parlor is a place where women can go to have beauty treatments, for example, to have their hair, nails, or makeup done.
  • bedding plane — the surface separating two successive layers of stratified rock
  • bedding plant — A bedding plant is a plant which lasts for one year. It is put in a flower bed before it flowers, and is then removed when it has finished flowering.
  • bedding-plant — bedmaker (def 1).
  • bell purchase — a tackle consisting of two standing single blocks, two running single blocks, a fall, and a runner, so arranged that it gives a mechanical advantage of six, neglecting friction.
  • benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
  • beta particle — a high-speed electron or positron emitted by a nucleus during radioactive decay or nuclear fission
  • beta-naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
  • bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
  • biased sample — a statistical sample in which the items selected share some property which influences their distribution
  • bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
  • bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
  • bigleaf maple — a tree, Acer macrophyllum, of western North America, having large, deeply lobed leaves and fragrant yellow flowers in drooping clusters.
  • biocompatible — not rejected by the body
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