13-letter words containing po
- oilspot glaze — a brown or black ceramic glaze dotted with silvery spots caused by impurities.
- oligopolistic — the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors. Compare duopoly, monopoly (def 1).
- omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
- onomatopoeial — (obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
- onomatopoeias — Plural form of onomatopoeia.
- onomatopoetic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- open position — Music. the arrangement of a chord with wide intervals between the parts.
- opentransport — (networking) (OT) A complete reimplementation of all levels of the Macintosh networking code including "Classic" AppleTalk and MacTCP. It appeared in MacOS revision 7.5.3 [or earlier? Date?].
- opossum block — (in New Zealand) a block of bush allocated to a licensed opossum trapper
- opportuneness — The state or condition of being opportune.
- opportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
- opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
- oppositionary — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- oppositionist — a person who offers opposition; a member of an opposition.
- out of pocket — small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch.
- out-of-pocket — paid out in cash or from one's own financial resources and sometimes reimbursed: My out-of-pocket travel expenses included taking business clients to dinner.
- outspokenness — The quality of being outspoken; bluntness; frankness; candour.
- over-populate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- overreporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
- paddling pool — A paddling pool is a shallow artificial pool for children to paddle in.
- paralipomenon — Chronicles.
- parallel port — (hardware) An interface from a computer system where data is transferred in or out in parallel, that is, on more than one wire. A parallel port carries one bit on each wire thus multiplying the transfer rate obtainable over a single wire. There will usually be some control signals on the port as well to say when data is ready to be sent or received. The commonest kind of parallel port is a printer port, e.g. a Centronics port which transfers eight bits at a time. Disks are also connected via special parallel ports, e.g. SCSI or IDE.
- parapophysial — of or relating to a parapophysis
- parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
- passe compose — a grammatical construction of French consisting of the present tense of an auxiliary, either avoir or être, followed by a past participle and corresponding in function to both the English present perfect and the English simple past tenses.
- patripotestal — Anthropology. of or relating to the authority exercised by a father or a father's blood relatives.
- 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).
- penalty point — an endorsement on a driving licence due to a motoring offence
- pervaporation — Pervaporation is a separation process in which a substance permeates through a membrane and then evaporates.
- pharmacopoeia — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
- philippopolis — Greek name of Plovdiv.
- photocomposer — a machine for setting type photographically.
- photopositive — pertaining to a substance whose conductivity increases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
- pick-up point — the prearranged place where you go to collect people or things
- pig in a poke — something not adequately appraised or of undetermined value, as an offering or purchase.
- plane spotter — a person who observes, photographs, and catalogues aircraft as a hobby
- play politics — the science or art of political government.
- pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- pocket gopher — any of numerous burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, of western and southern North America and Central America, having large, external, fur-lined cheek pouches.
- 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
- podzolization — the process by which the upper layer of a soil becomes acidic through the leaching of bases which are deposited in the lower horizons
- poet laureate — (in Great Britain) a poet appointed for life as an officer of the royal household, formerly expected to write poems in celebration of court and national events.
- point d'appui — a support or prop
- point de gaze — a needlepoint lace in which delicate floral designs are sewn onto a net ground.