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13-letter words containing i, n, p, l, a

  • paranormality — the state of being paranormal
  • paraphernalia — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
  • parent-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
  • parental unit — of or relating to a parent.
  • parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • parietal bone — either of a pair of membrane bones forming, by their union at the sagittal suture, part of the sides and top of the skull.
  • 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
  • parliamentary — of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
  • parliamenting — parliamentary debating
  • parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
  • parris island — a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.
  • parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
  • participantly — in a participant manner
  • partitionable — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
  • passing place — a wider place on a narrow road where vehicles can pass
  • passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
  • patentability — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
  • paternalistic — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
  • patronizingly — displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner: a patronizing greeting, accompanied by a gentle pat on the pack.
  • pattern-drill — (in foreign-language learning) a technique for practicing a linguistic structure in which students repeat a sentence or other structure, each time substituting a new element, such as a new verb, as directed by the teacher, or transforming the original structure, as in changing a statement to a question.
  • pavilion roof — a pyramidal hip roof.
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
  • pelican state — Louisiana (used as a nickname).
  • pelletization — the act of forming or shaping into pellets
  • peloponnesian — a peninsula forming the S part of Greece: seat of the early Mycenaean civilization and the powerful city-states of Argos, Sparta, etc. 8356 sq. mi. (21,640 sq. km).
  • penalty point — an endorsement on a driving licence due to a motoring offence
  • pencil crayon — coloured pencil
  • peneplanation — an area reduced almost to a plain by erosion.
  • penetratively — in a penetrative manner
  • penicillamine — a chelating agent, C 5 H 1 1 NO 2 S, produced by the degradation of penicillin, used in the treatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis and in heavy metal poisoning.
  • penicillinase — any of a group of enzymes used to treat allergic reactions to penicillin
  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
  • peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
  • pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
  • penny-a-liner — a hack writer.
  • pentadactylic — having five digits on each limb
  • pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
  • penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
  • pentobarbital — a barbiturate, C 1 1 H 1 7 N 2 O 3 , used as a hypnotic and as a sedative.
  • penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
  • periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
  • peritonealize — to cover with peritoneum.
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
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