13-letter words containing a, g, o, r, p
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
- platform game — a type of computer game that is played by moving a figure on the screen through a series of obstacles and problems
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- polysomnogram — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
- post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- post-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- postage meter — an office machine used in bulk mailing that imprints prepaid postage and a dated postmark.
- postage rates — the rates charged for the delivery of mail, depending on type, weight etc
- postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
- pouring-basin — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
- powder charge — propellant (def 2).
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
- praxiological — the study of human conduct.
- pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
- pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
- pre-organized — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- preganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
- prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- preprogrammed — to program in advance: to preprogram a manufacturing process.
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- primary group — a group of individuals living in close, intimate, and personal relationship.
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- profit margin — the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
- profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
- profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
- profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
- progametangia — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- progenitorial — characteristic of a progenitor
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
- progressional — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
- propagandizer — a person who engages in, or subjects others to, propaganda
- prosopagnosia — an inability to recognize faces
- prosopography — a study of a collection of persons or characters, especially their appearances, careers, personalities, etc., within a historical, literary, or social context.
- prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.