13-letter words containing c, l, i, t, e, r
- periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- perspectively — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- petit larceny — petty larceny.
- petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- photoallergic — photosensitive.
- photoelectric — pertaining to the electronic or other electric effects produced by light.
- 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.
- picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
- piezoelectric — electricity, or electric polarity, produced by the piezoelectric effect.
- pilot officer — A pilot officer is an officer of low rank in the British Royal Air Force.
- 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.
- platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
- pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- police escort — a police officer or vehicle which accompanies a prisoner
- practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- 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.
- precapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- 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.
- prescriptible — subject to or suitable for prescription.
- prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
- price control — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- prince albert — Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- pro-celebrity — (of a golf tournament, snooker tournament, etc) involving both professional players and celebrities
- problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procreational — having the potential to procreate
- proleptically — anticipatorily
- prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- proteoclastic — of, related to, or initiating proteolysis
- provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
- pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
- raffle ticket — a ticket sold in a raffle, representing a chance to win a prize
- re-allocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- re-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- re-collection — the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.
- re-escalation — the act of re-escalating