13-letter words containing p, t, i, l, o, s
- pilot biscuit — hardtack.
- pilot station — Also called pilotage. an onshore office or headquarters for pilots.
- pistol shrimp — any common shrimp of the family Alphaeidae, distinguished by the snapping sound made by its enlarged claw.
- plagiostomous — plagiostome
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
- platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
- play politics — the science or art of political government.
- plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
- pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- point of sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- point-of-sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- pointillistic — pertaining to or characteristic of pointillism or pointillists.
- pole position — a position on the inside of the track in any race.
- police escort — a police officer or vehicle which accompanies a prisoner
- poliomyelitis — an acute viral disease, usually affecting children and young adults, caused by any of three polioviruses, characterized by inflammation of the motor neurons of the brain stem and spinal cord, and resulting in a motor paralysis, followed by muscular atrophy and often permanent deformities.
- polyarteritis — inflammation of the layers of an artery or of many arteries, usually caused by a severe hypersensitivity reaction, and characterized by nodules and hemorrhage along the involved vessels.
- polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
- polycistronic — of or relating to the transcription of two or more adjacent cistrons into a single messenger RNA molecule.
- 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).
- 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.
- poult-de-soie — a soft, ribbed silk fabric, used especially for dresses.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- prepositional — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
- prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.