13-letter words containing n, e, p, t
- partitionable — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- partitionment — the act or fact of being partitioned
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- party manners — polite behaviour
- passementerie — trimming of braid, cord, bead, etc., in any of various forms.
- passenger jet — a jet that carries passengers
- past anterior — a pluperfect verb (in French)
- pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
- patent hammer — a hammer for dressing stone, having a head with two faces formed of a number of broad, thin chisels bolted side by side.
- patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
- patent office — (often initial capital letters) a governmental agency that administers and regulates patents and trademarks, in the U.S. forming a division of the Department of Commerce.
- 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.
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
- pattern maker — someone who creates plans or diagrams used as a guide in making something
- 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.
- patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
- pauperization — the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
- pavement café — part of a café which is outdoors or on the pavement or sidewalk
- pay attention — be attentive
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- peacock plant — a plant, Calathea makoyana, native to Brazil, having leaves that are spotted on the upper surface and purple on the lower surface.
- peanut butter — a paste made from ground roasted peanuts, used as a spread or in cookery.
- peanut heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
- pedantocratic — of or relating to pedantocracy
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
- pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- pedro santana — Pedro [pey-droh;; Spanish pe-th raw] /ˈpeɪ droʊ;; Spanish ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1801–64, Dominican revolutionary and political leader: president 1844–48, 1853–56, 1858–61.
- pelican state — Louisiana (used as a nickname).
- pelletization — the act of forming or shaping into pellets
- penalty point — an endorsement on a driving licence due to a motoring offence
- penalty rates — rates of pay, such as double time, paid to employees working outside normal working hours
- pencil stripe — a stripe of varying widths, especially a dark stripe on a light ground.
- pendente lite — during litigation; while a suit is in progress.
- peneplanation — an area reduced almost to a plain by erosion.
- penetratively — in a penetrative manner
- peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
- penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pentadactylic — having five digits on each limb
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- pentasyllable — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- 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.