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13-letter words containing p, a, i, n

  • open adoption — an arrangement in which contact is maintained or allowed between a child's adoptive and biological parents.
  • open diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
  • open interval — (mathematics)   A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
  • open learning — a system of further education on a flexible part-time basis
  • open marriage — a marriage in which the partners agree that each is free to have sexual relationships with other partners.
  • open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
  • operationally — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
  • operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
  • opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
  • 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.
  • oppignoration — the act or an instance of pawning or pledging
  • oppositionary — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
  • oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
  • optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
  • optical crown — an optical glass of low dispersion and relatively low refractive index. It is used in the construction of lenses
  • optical flint — an optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index containing lead oxide. They are used in the manufacture of lenses, artificial gems, and cut glass
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • optimizations — Plural form of optimization.
  • 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.
  • ornithophobia — Fear of birds.
  • orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
  • outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
  • outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
  • over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
  • overexpansion — the act or process of expanding.
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • overpotential — overvoltage.
  • ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
  • pacific ocean — an ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world; divided by the equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific. 70,000,000 sq. mi. (181,300,000 sq. km); greatest known depth, 35,433 feet (10,800 meters).
  • packing crate — A packing crate is a large wooden box in which things are put so that they can be stored or taken somewhere.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • packing plant — an establishment for processing and packing foods, especially meat, to be sold at wholesale.
  • paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
  • paddling pool — A paddling pool is a shallow artificial pool for children to paddle in.
  • paediatrician — A paediatrician is a doctor who specializes in treating sick children.
  • painstakingly — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
  • painted horse — paint (def 6).
  • painted snipe — either of two snipelike birds of the family Rostratulidae, of South America and the Old World tropics, the female of which is larger and more brightly colored than the male.
  • painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
  • painterliness — the quality of being painterly
  • pair trawling — the act or practice of using two boats to trawl for fish
  • paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  • 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.
  • palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
  • palingenesist — a person who believes in a doctrine of rebirth or transmigration of souls.
  • palletization — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
  • palmification — the fertilization of date palms artificially
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • pan-germanism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all the German peoples in a single political organization or state.
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