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

  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parsons table — a square or rectangular table, often of lightweight material, with straight legs that are square in cross section and of the same thickness as the top extending from the corners flush with the top so as to appear jointless.
  • passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
  • pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
  • pastoral care — help with personal needs and problems given by a teacher
  • patripotestal — Anthropology. of or relating to the authority exercised by a father or a father's blood relatives.
  • peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
  • pelham holles — Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1693–1768, British statesman: prime minister 1754–56, 1757–62 (brother of Henry Pelham).
  • pelham-holles — Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1693–1768, British statesman: prime minister 1754–56, 1757–62 (brother of Henry Pelham).
  • peloponnesian — a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
  • pensacola bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, in NW Florida. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • 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 melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
  • personal best — A sports player's personal best is the highest score or fastest time that they have ever achieved.
  • personal call — a private phone call
  • personal care — assistance in dressing, grooming, etc., provided to elderly, disabled, or other persons who are unable to care for themselves.
  • personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
  • personal loan — a loan of money for personal use
  • 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.
  • petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
  • petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • phosphorylase — any enzyme, occurring widely in animal and plant tissue, that in the presence of an inorganic phosphate catalyzes the conversion of glycogen into sugar phosphate.
  • phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
  • phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
  • 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.
  • piss all over — to be far superior to
  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • plane spotter — a person who observes, photographs, and catalogues aircraft as a hobby
  • planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
  • plasmodesmata — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
  • 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.
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • pleasure boat — recreational vessel
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
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