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

  • peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
  • pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
  • pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • peripheralism — the explanation of psychological events emphasizing peripheral human functions, as those of skeletal muscles or the sex organs, rather than cognition or other processes of the central nervous system.
  • perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • persian lilac — an Asian lilac, Syringa persica, having pale reddish-purple flowers.
  • persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
  • personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • personalities — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
  • petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
  • phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
  • phallic phase — the time from about age three to five when the genitals become the focus of a child's sensual pleasure.
  • phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
  • phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • phillips head — a screw head having two partial slots crossed at right angles, driven by a special screwdriver (Phillips screwdriver)
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
  • phospholipase — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the breaking down of phospholipids.
  • phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
  • physical file — (file system)   A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
  • physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
  • pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
  • piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
  • pietistically — in a pietistical manner
  • pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
  • pilsner-glass — a pale, light lager beer.
  • pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
  • piss all over — to be far superior to
  • place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • plane sailing — sailing on a course plotted without reference to the curvature of the earth.
  • planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
  • plasma engine — an engine that generates thrust by reaction to the emission of a jet of plasma
  • 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
  • playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
  • pleasant hill — a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
  • pleasantville — a city in SE New Jersey.
  • pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • plural eulisp — EuLisp with parallel extensions. "Collections and Garbage Collection", S.C. Merall et al, in Memory Management - IWMM92, Springer 1992, pp.473-489.
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • 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.
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