13-letter words containing e, p, a, r, c
- photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
- phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte
- piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
- pickup camper — camper (def 3).
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- picture frame — mount for a picture
- 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.
- pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- 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.
- platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
- pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
- pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- poker machine — a fruit machine
- 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.
- polycarbonate — a synthetic thermoplastic resin, a linear polymer of carbonic acid, used for molded products, films, and nonbreakable windows.
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- 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.
- potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
- powder charge — propellant (def 2).
- practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- practice exam — an informal examination taken as a preparation for an actual or formal examination
- practice game — any informal game (of sports, chess, etc) played as preparation for a real game
- praecipitatio — Meteorology. precipitation from a cloud that reaches the surface of the earth (distinguished from virga).
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- prawn cracker — a puffy savoury crisp made from rice flour and prawn flavouring, served with Chinese food
- praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
- pre christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
- 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-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
- pre-christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
- pre-classical — of, relating to, or characteristic of Greek and Roman antiquity: classical literature; classical languages.
- 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-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.
- 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-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-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