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

  • photoallergic — photosensitive.
  • 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.
  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • placer mining — mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or other hydraulic methods
  • planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
  • plasma screen — A plasma screen is a type of thin television screen or computer screen that produces high-quality images.
  • plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
  • 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.
  • pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
  • pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
  • polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
  • polyarticular — pertaining to or affecting many joints.
  • polycarbonate — a synthetic thermoplastic resin, a linear polymer of carbonic acid, used for molded products, films, and nonbreakable windows.
  • polychromatic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
  • popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
  • postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
  • postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
  • postcranially — affecting the postcranium
  • potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
  • 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.
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
  • praxiological — the study of human conduct.
  • pre-calculate — to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute: to calculate the velocity of light.
  • pre-celebrate — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
  • 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-placement — the act of an employment office or employer in filling a position.
  • pre-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • preacher curl — a weightlifting exercise for the biceps in which a barbell is lifted by flexing the elbows, with the upper arms resting on an angled bench
  • preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
  • 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.
  • precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
  • predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
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