13-letter words containing t, a, i, e, p
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte
- physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physiotherapy — physical therapy.
- phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
- piano quartet — a musical composition scored for piano and three other instruments, typically violin, viola, and cello.
- piano quintet — a musical composition scored for a string quartet, or other combination of four instruments, and piano.
- piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
- pico de aneto — Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- picture frame — mount for a picture
- picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
- piece of meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
- pietistically — in a pietistical manner
- piezomagnetic — involving or relating to the production of a magnetic field by applying a mechanical stress to certain crystals
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
- pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pitcher plant — any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
- pitter-patter — the sound of a rapid succession of light beats or taps, as of rain, footsteps, etc.
- 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.
- placentia bay — a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada, W of the Avalon Peninsula. About 100 miles (160 km) long and 80 miles (129 km) wide.
- 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
- platitudinize — to utter platitudes.
- 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.
- platycephalic — having a head whose cranial vault is broad or flat.
- platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
- play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pleasant hill — a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- pleasantville — a city in SE New Jersey.
- pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
- plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- point de gaze — a needlepoint lace in which delicate floral designs are sewn onto a net ground.
- 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.
- pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- pointy-headed — stupid; idiotic.
- pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- police action — a relatively localized military action undertaken by regular armed forces, without a formal declaration of war, against guerrillas, insurgents, or other forces held to be violating international peace and order.