13-letter words containing a, p, r, e, h, n
- parental home — a school for problem children.
- 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.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- 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.
- 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.
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- patent hammer — a hammer for dressing stone, having a head with two faces formed of a number of broad, thin chisels bolted side by side.
- patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- pearl-handled — having a handle made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
- perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- perennibranch — any amphibian that retains its gills throughout its life
- phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- phenmetrazine — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.
- phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
- piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
- pitcher plant — any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
- plant hormone — an organic chemical, as auxin, produced by plant cells and functioning at various sites to regulate growth, turning, metabolic processes, etc.
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
- poker machine — a fruit machine
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- pre-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
- preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
- preattachment — an act of attaching or the state of being attached.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- puritan ethic — work ethic.
- pyrimethamine — a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- quanah parker — (Quanah Parker) 1845?–1911, Comanche leader.
- ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
- rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.