13-letter words containing a, n, p, r
- pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
- pantisocratic — relating to pantisocracy
- paper advance — the feeding of paper through a printer
- paper lantern — a lantern made from paper (shading a candle etc); often hung at Chinese and Japanese festivals
- paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
- para-centesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
- paraffin lamp — a lamp which is fuelled by paraffin
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- paralipomenon — Chronicles.
- parallel turn — a turn, executed by shifting one's weight, in which the skis stay parallel
- paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- paramenstruum — the four days before and first four days of menstruation
- paranormality — the state of being paranormal
- paraphernalia — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
- parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
- parcel tanker — a tanker designed to carry an assortment of liquids, as chemicals, or different grades of a liquid, as petroleum, at one time.
- parencephalon — a cerebral hemisphere
- parent-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
- parental home — a school for problem children.
- parental unit — of or relating to a parent.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- parietal bone — either of a pair of membrane bones forming, by their union at the sagittal suture, part of the sides and top of the skull.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- park and ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
- park-and-ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
- parking brake — emergency brake.
- parking light — The parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width.
- parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
- parking orbit — a temporary orbit in which a spacecraft awaits the next phase of its mission.
- parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
- parking strip — Chiefly Upper Midwest and Western U.S. parkway (def 2).
- parliamentary — of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
- parliamenting — parliamentary debating
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- parris island — a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.
- parry channel — a water channel in N Canada running between Baffin Bay on the E and the Arctic Ocean on the W: separates the Queen Elizabeth Islands (N) from the rest of the Arctic Archipelago.
- parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
- parson's nose — pope's nose.
- parsons table — a square or rectangular table, often of lightweight material, with straight legs that are square in cross section and of the same thickness as the top extending from the corners flush with the top so as to appear jointless.
- part exchange — If you give an old item in part exchange for something you are buying, the seller accepts the old item as part of the payment, so you do not have to give them as much money.
- parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
- parthian shot — a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.