13-letter words containing p, a, n
- party manners — polite behaviour
- passchendaele — a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
- passementerie — trimming of braid, cord, bead, etc., in any of various forms.
- passenger car — carriage of a train
- passenger jet — a jet that carries passengers
- passing place — a wider place on a narrow road where vehicles can pass
- passion cross — Latin cross.
- passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
- past anterior — a pluperfect verb (in French)
- pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
- patch pumpkin — pumpkin
- patent hammer — a hammer for dressing stone, having a head with two faces formed of a number of broad, thin chisels bolted side by side.
- patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
- patent office — (often initial capital letters) a governmental agency that administers and regulates patents and trademarks, in the U.S. forming a division of the Department of Commerce.
- patentability — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- paternalistic — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
- pathognomonic — Medicine/Medical. characteristic or diagnostic of a specific disease: a pathognomonic sign of pneumonia.
- patronization — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patronizingly — displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner: a patronizing greeting, accompanied by a gentle pat on the pack.
- pattern maker — someone who creates plans or diagrams used as a guide in making something
- pattern-drill — (in foreign-language learning) a technique for practicing a linguistic structure in which students repeat a sentence or other structure, each time substituting a new element, such as a new verb, as directed by the teacher, or transforming the original structure, as in changing a statement to a question.
- patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
- pauperization — the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
- pavement café — part of a café which is outdoors or on the pavement or sidewalk
- pavilion roof — a pyramidal hip roof.
- pay a pension — If a company or government pays a pension to someone, it provides them with money because they have reached a certain age.
- pay attention — be attentive
- pay one's way — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- payday lender — a person or group that offers short-term loans, in advance of payday, at high rates of interest
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- peace of mind — reassurance
- peace-keeping — the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area: the United Nations' efforts toward peacekeeping.
- peacelessness — the state of being without peace; discord
- peacock plant — a plant, Calathea makoyana, native to Brazil, having leaves that are spotted on the upper surface and purple on the lower surface.
- peanut butter — a paste made from ground roasted peanuts, used as a spread or in cookery.
- peanut heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
- pearl essence — a lustrous, silvery-white substance obtained from the scales of certain fishes or derived synthetically, as from mercuric chloride: used chiefly in the manufacture of simulated pearls and as a pigment in lacquer (pearl lacquer)
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pearl-handled — having a handle made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
- pebble garden — a small ornamental garden mainly composed of an arrangement of pebbles
- pedantocratic — of or relating to pedantocracy
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
- pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- pedro santana — Pedro [pey-droh;; Spanish pe-th raw] /ˈpeɪ droʊ;; Spanish ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1801–64, Dominican revolutionary and political leader: president 1844–48, 1853–56, 1858–61.
- pelican state — Louisiana (used as a nickname).