13-letter words containing t, o, n, e, s, a
- past anterior — a pluperfect verb (in French)
- pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
- pedro santana — Pedro [pey-droh;; Spanish pe-th raw] /ˈpeɪ droʊ;; Spanish ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1801–64, Dominican revolutionary and political leader: president 1844–48, 1853–56, 1858–61.
- penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- perseveration — the act or process of perseverating.
- persona grata — an acceptable person, especially a diplomatic representative acceptable to the government to which he or she is accredited.
- personal best — A sports player's personal best is the highest score or fastest time that they have ever achieved.
- 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.
- petit treason — the killing of a husband by his wife, of a lord by his servant, or of an ecclesiastic by a subordinate ecclesiastic.
- photosynthate — a compound formed by photosynthesis.
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
- pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
- portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
- possessionate — (of clergy or religious groups) having possessions or provisions
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- post-actinide — transactinide
- 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.
- postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
- posterization — a process for producing a posterlike, high-contrast color reproduction from continuous-tone art by using separation negatives of various densities.
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- posttreatment — an act or manner of treating.
- power station — a generating station.
- praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
- preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
- predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- 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.
- preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- prison inmate — a person who is confined in a prison
- proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.