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13-letter words containing g, e, n, t, l, p

  • 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
  • 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.
  • parliamenting — parliamentary debating
  • pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • petrol engine — an internal-combustion engine that uses petrol as fuel
  • photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
  • phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
  • place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
  • pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
  • ponta delgada — a seaport on SW São Miguel island, in the E Azores.
  • port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
  • prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
  • progenitorial — characteristic of a progenitor
  • prolonge knot — a knot consisting of three overlapping loops formed by a single rope passed alternately over and under itself at crossings.
  • protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
  • raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
  • regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
  • resting place — grave
  • rumelgumption — commonsense
  • rumlegumption — commonsense
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
  • selling point — a unique or advantageous feature that appeals to the prospective buyer of a service, product, etc.: A generous discount is the chief selling point of the book club.
  • sidesplitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
  • single parent — mother or father without a partner
  • single-parent — of or noting a family in which a parent brings up a child or children alone, without a partner: a single-parent family; a single-parent household.
  • sleeping suit — an all-in-one outfit that babies and young children sleep in
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
  • splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
  • sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
  • star-spangled — spangled with stars.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • tangent plane — tangent (def 4).
  • telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
  • temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
  • temporizingly — in a yielding manner
  • the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
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