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13-letter words containing p, a, r, i, s, e

  • dropped waist — the waistline of a dress, gown, or the like when it is placed at the hips rather than at the natural waist.
  • ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
  • east prussian — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • ectoparasites — Plural form of ectoparasite.
  • ectoparasitic — Of or pertaining to ectoparasites.
  • elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
  • empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
  • empyreumatise — to render empyreumatic
  • enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
  • endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
  • endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
  • enteropathies — Plural form of enteropathy.
  • epigrammatism — The use of epigrams; epigrammatical character.
  • epigrammatist — Someone who writes an epigram (any meanings).
  • escape artist — escapologist
  • ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
  • eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
  • exasperations — Plural form of exasperation.
  • exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
  • express train — a fast train
  • extra-special — particular; exceptional
  • extraposition — placement of something outside something else
  • fairy-slipper — Calypso (def 2).
  • false vampire — any large, carnivorous bat of the families Megadermatidae and Phyllostomatidae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, erroneously reputed to suck the blood of animals and humans.
  • field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
  • filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
  • flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
  • fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
  • freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
  • gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
  • gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
  • gastroparesis — (pathology) A condition, often a complication of diabetes, characterised by a delayed emptying of the stomach.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • glass slipper — an imaginary ladies' shoe made of glass, as worn by Cinderella in the fairy tale of that name
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
  • grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
  • 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.
  • hagiographers — Plural form of hagiographer.
  • hagiographies — Plural form of hagiography.
  • hair clippers — device for trimming hair
  • heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
  • helispherical — spiral
  • hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
  • hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
  • heresiography — a treatise on heresy.
  • hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
  • 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.
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