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13-letter words containing c, a, r, i, n, l

  • omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
  • optical crown — an optical glass of low dispersion and relatively low refractive index. It is used in the construction of lenses
  • ordinal scale — a scale on which data is shown simply in order of magnitude since there is no standard of measurement of differences: for instance, a squash ladder is an ordinal scale since one can say only that one person is better than another, but not by how much
  • organosilicon — pertaining to or noting an organic compound containing silicon, especially where attached directly to a carbon atom.
  • over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • over-reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
  • overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
  • 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.
  • parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
  • participantly — in a participant manner
  • paternalistic — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
  • pencil crayon — coloured pencil
  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • persian lilac — an Asian lilac, Syringa persica, having pale reddish-purple flowers.
  • personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • petit larceny — petty larceny.
  • phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • philanthropic — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
  • pick-and-roll — an offensive maneuver in which a player interposes himself or herself between a teammate with the ball and a defender, then cuts quickly toward the basket for a pass from the same teammate.
  • pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
  • picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
  • 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.
  • placer mining — mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or other hydraulic methods
  • platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
  • playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
  • playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
  • pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
  • postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
  • postcranially — affecting the postcranium
  • practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • 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.
  • prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
  • 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.
  • procreational — having the potential to procreate
  • prolification — the production of offspring
  • 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.
  • provinciality — provincial character.
  • provincialize — to make provincial in character.
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