13-letter words containing i, n, s, p, r, a
- nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.
- new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonpractising — of or relating to a person who no longer observes or pursues his or her religious faith
- ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
- on the parish — receiving parochial relief
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
- oppositionary — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- ora pro nobis — a Latin invocation meaning pray for us
- organotropism — Physiology. the attraction of microorganisms or chemical substances to particular organs or tissues of the body.
- overexpansion — the act or process of expanding.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- painterliness — the quality of being painterly
- paleosiberian — a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the unrelated language isolates Ket, Nivkh, and Yukaghir; Paleo-Asiatic.
- pan-germanism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all the German peoples in a single political organization or state.
- pangrammatist — a writer of pangrams
- 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.
- pantisocratic — relating to pantisocracy
- paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
- para-centesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- parking strip — Chiefly Upper Midwest and Western U.S. parkway (def 2).
- 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.
- parthian shot — a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.
- parting strip — a strip, as of wood, used to keep two parts separated, as one in each side of the frame of a window to keep the sashes apart when lowered or raised.
- passementerie — trimming of braid, cord, bead, etc., in any of various forms.
- passion cross — Latin cross.
- passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- 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.
- past anterior — a pluperfect verb (in French)
- 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.
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
- 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
- perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- perseveration — the act or process of perseverating.