13-letter words containing c, a, l, i, p
- pontificality — a priestly role or office
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
- post-colonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postcanonical — written at a later date than the books belonging to a canon, especially the Bible.
- postclassical — of or relating to a time after the classical period, especially in art, culture, or literature.
- postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
- postcranially — affecting the postcranium
- potamological — of or relating to potamology
- practical art — an art or craft, as woodworking or needlework, that serves a utilitarian purpose.
- practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- pragmatically — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
- praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
- praxiological — the study of human conduct.
- pre-classical — of, relating to, or characteristic of Greek and Roman antiquity: classical literature; classical languages.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- pre-eclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
- pre-eclamptic — a woman suffering from pre-eclampsia
- pre-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- precapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- precipitately — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- preganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
- prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
- primal scream — a scream uttered by a person undergoing primal therapy.
- primary color — Art. a color, as red, yellow, or blue, that in mixture yields other colors. Compare complementary color (def 1), secondary color, tertiary color.
- prince albert — Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- principal boy — the leading male role in a pantomime, played by a woman
- principalness — the quality or position of being principal
- principalship — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
- prismatically — of, relating to, or like a prism.
- probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
- problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- procreational — having the potential to procreate
- proleptically — anticipatorily
- prolification — the production of offspring
- prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- proteoclastic — of, related to, or initiating proteolysis
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.