13-letter words containing g, a, l, p
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- packing plant — an establishment for processing and packing foods, especially meat, to be sold at wholesale.
- paddling pool — A paddling pool is a shallow artificial pool for children to paddle in.
- painstakingly — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
- pair trawling — the act or practice of using two boats to trawl for fish
- palaeobiology — the study of fossil plants and animals
- palaeoecology — the study of fossil animals and plants in order to deduce their ecology and the environmental conditions in which they lived
- palaeontology — Palaeontology is the study of fossils as a guide to the history of life on Earth.
- palaeozoology — the study of fossil animals
- paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
- palingenesist — a person who believes in a doctrine of rebirth or transmigration of souls.
- palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- panel heating — heating of a room or building by means of wall, ceiling, floor, or baseboard panels containing heating pipes or electrical conductors.
- panel-beating — the act of beating out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- pangola grass — a grass, Digitaria decumbens, native to southern Africa, cultivated for hay and forage in the southeastern U.S.
- panic selling — widespread selling of a security or investment, causing sharp price declines. Usually caused by an unexpected event seen to devalue the security.
- pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- parallelogram — a quadrilateral having both pairs of opposite sides parallel to each other.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parking light — The parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width.
- parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
- parliamenting — parliamentary debating
- parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- passing place — a wider place on a narrow road where vehicles can pass
- pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
- patronizingly — displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner: a patronizing greeting, accompanied by a gentle pat on the pack.
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pebble garden — a small ornamental garden mainly composed of an arrangement of pebbles
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- pharmacologic — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- photo gallery — display of collected photographs
- photoallergic — photosensitive.
- photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
- phototelegram — a telegram that is sent by means of phototelegraphy
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- phyllophagous — (of an organism) feeding on leaves.
- physiological — of or relating to physiology.
- pilsner-glass — a pale, light lager beer.
- place pigalle — a square in Paris, France: noted for its night clubs.
- place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.