13-letter words containing p, a, n
- grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
- group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
- group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
- growing pains — If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.
- guinea pepper — grain of paradise.
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- gynaecophobia — (psychology) An irrational fear of women.
- gynandromorph — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- gypsy capstan — a small capstan moved only by a motor or engine.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
- hanging plant — a plant that grows downwards or hangs, often from a hanging basket or a high surface
- haphazardness — characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
- hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- hassenpfeffer — a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished usually with sour cream.
- hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
- hate campaign — A hate campaign is a series of actions which are intended to harm or upset someone, or to make other people have a low opinion of them.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heating plant — a building or facility containing a boiler or furnace that provides heat to a building or a number of buildings
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- heavy petting — Informal. intense petting that involves mutual stimulation of the genitals but not sexual intercourse.
- heir apparent — an heir whose right is indefeasible, provided he or she survives the ancestor.
- heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- hemp agrimony — a European composite plant, Eupatorium cannabinum, having dull purplish flowers.
- heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
- herniorrhaphy — correction of a hernia by a suturing procedure.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
- hexanaphthene — cyclohexane.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- hopkinsianism — a modified Calvinism taught by Samuel Hopkins (1721–1803), that emphasized the sovereignty of God, the importance of His decrees, and the necessity of submitting to His will, accepting even damnation, if required, for His glory, and holding that ethics is merely disinterested benevolence.
- horripilation — a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.
- hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- huff and puff — be out of breath
- human capital — the collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community: Education is an investment in human capital that pays off in terms of higher productivity.
- hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
- hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hymenopterans — Plural form of hymenopteran.
- hymenorrhaphy — (medicine) Reconstructive surgery in which a woman's hymen is restored to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.