13-letter words containing c, o, n, a, r, i
- personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- 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.
- photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
- 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
- picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
- pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- poker machine — a fruit machine
- pontchartrain — Lake, a shallow extension of the Gulf of Mexico in SE Louisiana, N of New Orleans. 41 miles (66 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
- pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
- pornification — the perceived pervasion of society in general or an aspect of it by the imagery, language, and attitudes associated with pornography
- post-cambrian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
- postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
- postcranially — affecting the postcranium
- pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- precipitation — the act of precipitating; state of being precipitated.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- preexcitation — the act of exciting.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- preganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
- prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
- prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
- principal boy — the leading male role in a pantomime, played by a woman
- proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- processionary — of, relating to, or moving in a procession
- procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procreational — having the potential to procreate
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- prolification — the production of offspring
- promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- pronunciation — Rare. an act or instance of declaring publicly; pronouncement: It was but the latest pronunciation of the political double-standard uttered in the course of this scandal. Synonyms: declaration, assertion, statement; announcement, affirmation; proclamation, promulgation, dissemination.
- proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protoactinium — protactinium.
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.