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13-letter words containing p, o, c

  • photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
  • phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte
  • phycoerythrin — a red protein pigment occurring in red algae.
  • phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
  • phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
  • physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
  • physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
  • physiographic — the science of physical geography.
  • physiological — of or relating to physiology.
  • physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
  • phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
  • phytocoenosis — the plants of a given area considered as a whole.
  • phytotoxicity — the state of being phytotoxic
  • piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
  • pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
  • pick-and-roll — an offensive maneuver in which a player interposes himself or herself between a teammate with the ball and a defender, then cuts quickly toward the basket for a pass from the same teammate.
  • pick-up joint — a place where people go with the intention of meeting someone to start a sexual relationship with
  • pick-up point — the prearranged place where you go to collect people or things
  • pickerel frog — a meadow frog, Rana palustris, common in eastern North America, similar to the leopard frog but with squarish dark spots on the back.
  • pico de aneto — Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
  • pico de teide — Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
  • pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
  • picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
  • picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
  • piece of cake — a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
  • piece of meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
  • piece of piss — something easily obtained of achieved
  • piece of shit — despicable person
  • piece of work — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
  • piezoelectric — electricity, or electric polarity, produced by the piezoelectric effect.
  • piezomagnetic — involving or relating to the production of a magnetic field by applying a mechanical stress to certain crystals
  • pilot biscuit — hardtack.
  • pilot officer — A pilot officer is an officer of low rank in the British Royal Air Force.
  • pimple copper — a form of copper matte about 80 percent pure, somewhat less refined than blister copper.
  • pipe of peace — a calumet; peace pipe.
  • pitching tool — a masonry chisel for rough work
  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • plano-concave — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and concave on the other.
  • plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
  • plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
  • platinocyanic — of or derived from platinocyanic acid.
  • platonic love — Platonism. love of the Idea of beauty, seen as terminating an evolution from the desire for an individual and the love of physical beauty to the love and contemplation of spiritual or ideal beauty.
  • platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
  • play politics — the science or art of political government.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • plectopterous — of or relating to the order Plectoptera, containing mayflies
  • pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
  • plum curculio — See under curculio.
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