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13-letter words containing n, i, t, r, o, c

  • percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
  • perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
  • perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
  • perfectionist — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
  • personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
  • phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • philanthropic — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
  • photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
  • phycoerythrin — a red protein pigment occurring in red algae.
  • piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
  • pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
  • picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
  • picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
  • platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
  • pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
  • pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
  • polycistronic — of or relating to the transcription of two or more adjacent cistrons into a single messenger RNA molecule.
  • pontchartrain — Lake, a shallow extension of the Gulf of Mexico in SE Louisiana, N of New Orleans. 41 miles (66 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
  • pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • pornification — the perceived pervasion of society in general or an aspect of it by the imagery, language, and attitudes associated with pornography
  • post-cambrian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
  • postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
  • postcranially — affecting the postcranium
  • postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
  • postrecession — occurring or existing in the period after a recession
  • pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
  • pre-contrived — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
  • pre-direction — the act or an instance of directing.
  • pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
  • precipitation — the act of precipitating; state of being precipitated.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • precommitment — the act of committing.
  • preconception — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
  • preconvention — taking place immediately prior to a convention
  • preconviction — a conviction or assurance formed beforehand; a preconceived conviction
  • prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • preexcitation — the act of exciting.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
  • premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
  • preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
  • preproduction — Movies. the steps necessary to prepare a film for production, as casting, choosing locations, and designing sets and costumes.
  • press section — a section or part of an area, as at the scene of a public event, reserved for reporters.
  • prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
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