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13-letter words containing p, l, i

  • polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • pompon dahlia — a cultivated variety of the dahlia flower, with a small globelike flower head
  • pontificality — a priestly role or office
  • poor relation — If you describe one thing as a poor relation of another, you mean that it is similar to or part of the other thing, but is considered to be inferior to it.
  • poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
  • popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
  • port adelaide — the chief port of South Australia, near Adelaide on St Vincent Gulf. Pop: 33 145 (2006)
  • portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
  • position line — line of position.
  • possibilities — the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.
  • post-colonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
  • post-prandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
  • postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
  • postcanonical — written at a later date than the books belonging to a canon, especially the Bible.
  • postclassical — of or relating to a time after the classical period, especially in art, culture, or literature.
  • postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
  • postcranially — affecting the postcranium
  • postepileptic — after an epileptic seizure
  • postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
  • postisolation — following a period of isolation
  • postlapsarian — occurring or being after the Fall.
  • postliminious — subsequently undertaken
  • postulational — to ask, demand, or claim.
  • potamological — of or relating to potamology
  • potato blight — fungal disease affecting potatoes
  • poult-de-soie — a soft, ribbed silk fabric, used especially for dresses.
  • pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
  • powdered milk — dry milk.
  • power failure — electricity outage
  • power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • practical art — an art or craft, as woodworking or needlework, that serves a utilitarian purpose.
  • practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
  • pragmatically — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
  • prairie style — the style of the architects of the Prairie School.
  • praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
  • praxiological — the study of human conduct.
  • pre-classical — of, relating to, or characteristic of Greek and Roman antiquity: classical literature; classical languages.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-disclosed — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
  • pre-eclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
  • pre-eclamptic — a woman suffering from pre-eclampsia
  • pre-eminently — Pre-eminently means to a very great extent.
  • pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
  • pre-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
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