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13-letter words containing s, o, u, p

  • photoacoustic — optoacoustic
  • phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
  • phyllophagous — (of an organism) feeding on leaves.
  • physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
  • pilot biscuit — hardtack.
  • plagiostomous — plagiostome
  • 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.
  • pleasure boat — recreational vessel
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • plectopterous — of or relating to the order Plectoptera, containing mayflies
  • plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
  • pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
  • plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
  • plus or minus — You use plus or minus to give the amount by which a particular number may vary.
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
  • pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
  • pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
  • point success — a peak in W central Washington, to the S of Mount Rainier, in the Cascade Range.14,158 feet (4318 meters).
  • poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
  • polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
  • polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • polychotomous — divided into multiple parts
  • polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
  • polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
  • polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
  • polythalamous — having multiple chambers
  • pons asinorum — a geometric proposition that if a triangle has two of its sides equal, the angles opposite these sides are also equal: so named from the difficulty experienced by beginners in mastering it. Euclid, 1:5.
  • popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • port du salut — Port-Salut.
  • post-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
  • post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
  • postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
  • postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
  • postcommunion — the part of a communion service that follows after the congregation has received communion.
  • postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
  • postholocaust — following a holocaust
  • postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
  • postliminious — subsequently undertaken
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