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13-letter words containing o, p, r, y

  • poverty level — poverty line.
  • powder monkey — (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns.
  • pre-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
  • pre-inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
  • precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
  • precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
  • predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
  • predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • preemployment — being required or accomplished before an employee begins a new job: a preemployment medical exam.
  • premonitorily — in a premonitory manner
  • prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
  • prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
  • pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • prickly poppy — any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.
  • pride and joy — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
  • primary color — Art. a color, as red, yellow, or blue, that in mixture yields other colors. Compare complementary color (def 1), secondary color, tertiary color.
  • primary group — a group of individuals living in close, intimate, and personal relationship.
  • primary tooth — one of the temporary teeth of a mammal that are replaced by the permanent teeth.
  • primordiality — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
  • principal boy — the leading male role in a pantomime, played by a woman
  • priority case — a matter that takes precedence over others
  • priority mail — (in the U.S. Postal Service) mail consisting of merchandise weighing more than 12 ounces sent at first-class rates.
  • privy council — a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign.
  • pro-celebrity — (of a golf tournament, snooker tournament, etc) involving both professional players and celebrities
  • pro-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
  • processionary — of, relating to, or moving in a procession
  • producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
  • progressively — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
  • progressivity — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
  • prohibitively — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
  • proleptically — anticipatorily
  • proliferously — by proliferation
  • promiscuously — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
  • promotability — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
  • proparoxytone — having an accent or heavy stress on the antepenultimate syllable.
  • propeller key — feature key
  • property bond — a bond issued by a life-assurance company, the premiums for which are invested in a property-owning fund
  • property porn — a genre of escapist TV programmes, magazine features, etc, showing desirable properties for sale, esp those in idyllic rural locations, or in need of renovation, or both
  • prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • proprietarily — belonging to a proprietor.
  • prosopography — a study of a collection of persons or characters, especially their appearances, careers, personalities, etc., within a historical, literary, or social context.
  • prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
  • prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
  • protriptyline — a white to yellow powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 N, used for the treatment of depression.
  • provinciality — provincial character.
  • provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
  • proxy gateway — proxy server
  • psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
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