13-letter words containing d, e, p, r, i
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
- pedantocratic — of or relating to pedantocracy
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
- pedicellariae — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
- peer-reviewed — of or being scientific or scholarly writing or research that has undergone evaluation by other experts in the field (peer review) to judge if it merits publication or funding
- pelvic girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
- perboric acid — a hypothetical acid, HBO 3 , known only in the form of its salts.
- perching bird — any member of the avian order Passeriformes.
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- perigean tide — an ocean tide that occurs in the spring, when the moon is at its perigee.
- periodic acid — any of a series of acids derived from I 2 O 7 by the addition of water molecules, as HIO 4 or H 5 IO 6 .
- periodic rate — The periodic rate is the interest rate charged for each period, such as monthly or quarterly.
- periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
- periodization — an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study.
- periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
- periodontitis — inflammation of the periodontium caused by bacteria that infect the roots of teeth and the surrounding gum crevices, producing bleeding, pus formation, and gradual loss of bone and the tissues that support the teeth. Compare pyorrhea (def 2).
- periodontosis — rapidly advancing juvenile periodontitis.
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- petrol-driven — (of a car, engine, etc) powered by petrol
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- pinar del rio — a city in W Cuba.
- piper gurnard — a marine fish, Trigla lyra, of the family Triglidae
- pise-de-terre — a mixture of sand, loam, clay, and other ingredients rammed hard within forms as a building material.
- plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
- police record — an official file, held by the police, containing details of any criminal offences committed by an individual
- polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
- poor-spirited — having or showing a poor, cowardly, or abject spirit.
- port adelaide — the chief port of South Australia, near Adelaide on St Vincent Gulf. Pop: 33 145 (2006)
- portrait mode — an orientation that is vertical rather than horizontal
- posix threads — (programming) (Pthreads) A POSIX standard API that defines a set of C programming language types, functions and constants for creating and manipulating pre-emptive threads. The standard's full name is "POSIX.1c, Threads extensions (IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995)". Implementations are available on many Unix-like POSIX-conformant operating systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris as well as DR-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Pthreads was designed and implemented in the PART Project (POSIX / Ada-Runtime Project).
- post meridiem — p.m.
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
- postmodernist — relating to late 20th-century art movement
- potty trained — Potty trained means the same as toilet trained.
- powdered milk — dry milk.
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- pre-committed — to give in trust or charge; consign.
- pre-contrived — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- pre-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- pre-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- pre-disclosed — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- pre-discussed — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- 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.
- pre-mentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.