13-letter words containing p, a, g, e, c
- place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
- placer mining — mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or other hydraulic methods
- plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- polemological — the analysis of human conflict and war, particularly international war.
- polling place — a place at or in which votes in an election are cast.
- polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- postage costs — the cost of having mail delivered
- powder charge — propellant (def 2).
- practice game — any informal game (of sports, chess, etc) played as preparation for a real game
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
- pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
- prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- precipitating — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- preganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
- press charges — make formal accusation
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- psychographer — a person who writes a psychograph; a psychological or psychographic biographer.
- public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- racing pigeon — a pigeon bred and trained for the sport of pigeon racing
- reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- reprographics — reprography.
- resting place — grave
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
- shaped charge — a warhead having a concave, hollow end and operating on the Munroe effect.
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
- slip carriage — a railway car detached from a moving train as it passes through a station.
- social gospel — a movement in America, chiefly in the early part of the 20th century, stressing the social teachings of Jesus and their applicability to public life.
- space biology — exobiology.
- space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
- specimen page — a page regarded as typical of pages of its type, esp one produced by a typesetter or designer to show an example of the typesetting for a book
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speech making — act of addressing the public formally
- speechreading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- supergraphics — large-scale painted or applied decorative art in bold colors and typically in geometric or typographic designs, used over walls and sometimes floors and ceilings to create an illusion of expanded or altered space.