13-Letter Words Starting with P

English word

Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze specific ester bonds in phospholipids.

Phospholipid

The study of the effects of light on living organisms and biological processes.

""Of or pertaining to chemical action of light, or produced by it; as, the photochemical changes of the visual purple of the retina. as, the photochemical changes of the visual purple of the retina.""

Photochemist

""(Physics / General Physics) (of glass) changing colour with the intensity of incident light, used, for example, in sunglasses that darken as the sunlight becomes brighter""

Emitting electrons under light

Light-detecting

""Emission of photoelectrons, especially from metallic surfaces.""

Adjective (-ive)

Jockey's other job (wordplay)

Adjective (-ic)

Photography

Photograph

PHOTOIONIZE

Biology Repelled by light; exhibiting a negative phototactic or phototropic response.

PHOTOOXIDIZE

Photooxidize

PHOTOPERIOD

Biology Drawn to light; exhibiting a positive phototactic or phototropic response.

A photochemical reaction.

PHOTOREDUCE

PHOTOSTAT

PHOTOTOXIC

Phototropism

Photovoltaic

Phrasemaking

Phraseology

A collector or coiner of phrases.

PHREATOPHYTE

Of or pertaining to phrenology.

Phrenologist

A red phycobilin occurring especially in the cells of red algae.

PHYSICALIST

Physicality

Physiognomy

""Geography the systematic classification and description of nature. See also geography ; geology . ; physiographer , ; physiographic, physiographical , adj . Classification""

See physical geography .

Relating to normal, healthy functioning

Relating to normal healthy functioning

Relating to study of organisms and their functions

Physiologist

Manipulative medical treatment

Masseur spoils party, he gets treatment

Remedial treatment

""An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical. Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.""

Relating to phytochemistry.

Phytochemist

PHYTOTOXIC

PIANISTIC

Pickerelweed

Pictography

Pictorialism

Pictorialist

PICTORIALIZE

Pictorialize

Pictorial

Picturephone

Equips with cruelty in a slovenly manner, or a charming one

PICTURIZE To picture.

PIDGINIZE PIDGIN a mixed language

Pietistical

(Of a crystal) producing charge under pressure

Piggishness

Shape designed to represent obstinacy

Stupidly obstinate quality

Stubbornness

Porcine thoughts

Pinheaded

Pinkishness

Piquantness

Pisciculture

Piteousness

Pitifulness

Placability

""PLACENTATION The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals. as, the placentation of mammals.""

Plaintive

Planetesimal

Planetology

Space studier

Planography

Plantocracy

Plastocyanin

English word

To utter platitudes or truisms.

Banal adult tips bandied about in Open University

Banal

See flatworm .

Quality of being plausible.

Playability

Playwright

""PLENITUDE The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power. as, the plenitude of space or power.""

Plentiful

Pleomorphism

Plerocercoid

Pliableness

The act of pluralizing.

Pneumatical

Geology ()

Plural or third person singular

Pneumonitis

Carelessness; apathy; indifference.

""PODSOLIZE PODSOL an infertile soil, also PODZOL""

""PODZOLIZE PODZOL an infertile soil, also PODSOL""

Poikilotherm

Pointedness

POINTILLISTE

The state of an unashamed pencil - quite useless

Futility that is demonstrated by blunt type

Futility that's experienced by total losers

Polarimetry

Polarization

POLAROGRAPH

Policyholder

""A highly infectious viral disease that chiefly affects children and, in its acute forms, causes inflammation of motor neurons of the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to paralysis, muscular atrophy, and often deformity. Through vaccination, the disease is preventable. Also called infantile paralysis .""

POLITICALIZE

Politicalize

Poltroonery

BUTADIENE a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; -- it is used as a monomer unit in making synthetic rubbers.C4H6; -- it is used as a monomer unit in making synthetic rubbers.

Polycentrism

Polychotomy

Multi-coloured

Multicoloured

Old mum wrapped in pricy cloth, magically displaying range of colours

Inflected form of CISTRONIC Inflected form of CISTRON a segment of DNA

Polycythemia

Polydactyly

Polyembryonate.

Polyglottism

Polygraphist

Polymorphism

Inflected form of RIBOSOMAL Inflected form of RIBOSOME a particle composed of protein and RNA

Polyribosome

""PONTIFICATE The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.""

""PONTIFICATE The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.""

Pontificator

Baked like potter's lay; applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.

Porcelainize

Adjective meaning resembling

Pornography

Porphyropsin

Portability

Possibility

Plural noun or verb form

Era of history

Of a more recent artistic period

Later period in, eg, art

Postcranial

Postdiluvian

Following the embryonic stage of development.

Adjective (-ic)

Adjective (-al)

Noun (-tion)

Noun (-tion)

Noun (-tion)

English word

Style of New York's Sony Building

Literature genre

Late 20th-century style of art and literature

Late 20th-century artist

Impostor tends to be represented as artist

Abstract painter's mood wanting a way that describes later works (wordplay)

Worker after job following surgery

Relating to period after surgery

Spy who works for a Washington paper (wordplay)

Starting gate assignments

Noun (-sion)

Posttension

Following injury or resulting from it: posttraumatic amnesia.

""POSTULATION The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.""

Potentiation

Sound control evident as forceful goddess ran into HM

Rheostat

Same as Practicality. Practicality.

Practitioner

In a pragmatical manner.

Pragmaticism

Pragmaticist

Pralltriller

Praseodymium

Behavior ()

Preachiness

""ADAPTATION The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.""

Preadmission

Preamplifier

""ANESTHETIC Same as An\'91sthesia, An\'91sthetic.An\'91sthesia, An\'91sthetic.""

ANNOUNCING announce

BIOLOGICAL Of or relating to biology.

CANCELLING cancel

""CAPITALIST One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.""

Aimed at averting danger

Rainy? Cape tour gets rearranged, just in case

The office of a precentor.

Preceptorial

""A period of practical experience and training for a student, especially of medicine or nursing, that is supervised by an expert or specialist in a particular field.""

Precipitance

With rash or foolish haste; in headlong manner.

In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly.

""PRECIPITATE Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war. as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.""

Rain, snow, hail? Hurry!

Undue rushing from rain, perhaps

Hurry in rain, perhaps

""PRECIPITATE Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war. as, the king was too precipitate in declaring war.""

Precipitator

Precipitous

Preciseness

Precisionist

Precognition

""COLLEGIATE Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society.""

COMBUSTION The state of burning.

""COMMITMENT The act of commiting, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consigment; esp., the act of commiting to prison.""

CONCEIVING conceive

Opinion formed beforehand

Bias

Preconcert

Precondition

CONVENTION The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

""CONVICTION The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.""

Plural or third person singular

Inflected form of DESIGNATED Inflected form of DESIGNATE Designated; appointed; chosen.

Predesignate

Inflected form of DESTINATED Inflected form of DESTINATE Destined.

Predestinate

""One who predestinates, or foreordains.""