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13-letter words containing c, o, m, p, r, e

  • opera comique — comic opera.
  • opera company — a company that puts on productions of operas
  • pancreatotomy — incision of the pancreas.
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
  • perfect storm — a detrimental or calamitous situation or event arising from the powerful combined effect of a unique set of circumstances: a perfect storm battering corporate pension plans.
  • perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
  • perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
  • petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.
  • pharmacopoeia — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
  • pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
  • photocomposer — a machine for setting type photographically.
  • pimple copper — a form of copper matte about 80 percent pure, somewhat less refined than blister copper.
  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • poker machine — a fruit machine
  • popcorn movie — a film that appeals to a mass audience
  • post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
  • postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
  • postemergence — occurring or applied after emergence of a plant from the soil and before full growth: postemergence frost.
  • postemergency — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
  • potomac fever — the determination or fervor to share in the power and prestige of the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., especially by being appointed or elected to a government position.
  • potomac river — a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-committed — to give in trust or charge; consign.
  • pre-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • precommitment — the act of committing.
  • premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
  • pro-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
  • problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • pronouncement — a formal or authoritative statement.
  • prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
  • protectionism — Economics. the theory, practice, or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.
  • protest march — public demonstration
  • psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
  • psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
  • rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
  • recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
  • recomposition — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
  • recompression — the act or process of compressing something again
  • recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  • reperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
  • respirometric — of or relating to respirometers or respirometry
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
  • semi-precious — Semi-precious stones are stones such as turquoises and amethysts that are used in jewellery but are less valuable than precious stones such as diamonds and rubies.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
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