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13-letter words containing p, a, r, i, t

  • pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
  • phenmetrazine — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.
  • phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
  • philanthropic — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
  • photo-sharing — the publishing of digital photographs on the internet
  • photoallergic — photosensitive.
  • photographing — a picture produced by photography.
  • photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
  • phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
  • phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte
  • physiotherapy — physical therapy.
  • phytosanitary — of or relating to the health of plants
  • piano quartet — a musical composition scored for piano and three other instruments, typically violin, viola, and cello.
  • piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
  • picardy third — a major third in the final tonic chord of a composition written in a minor key.
  • pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
  • picture frame — mount for a picture
  • picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
  • picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
  • pigeon breast — chicken breast.
  • pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
  • pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • pitcher plant — any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
  • pitter-patter — the sound of a rapid succession of light beats or taps, as of rain, footsteps, etc.
  • pivot grammar — a loose grammar said to govern two-word utterances by children
  • plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
  • plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • platiniridium — a natural alloy composed chiefly of platinum and iridium.
  • platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
  • platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
  • playwrighting — the writing of plays
  • pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
  • plural voting — right to vote more than once
  • pluralization — to receive or take a plural form.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
  • pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
  • pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
  • polyarteritis — inflammation of the layers of an artery or of many arteries, usually caused by a severe hypersensitivity reaction, and characterized by nodules and hemorrhage along the involved vessels.
  • polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
  • polyarticular — pertaining to or affecting many joints.
  • polychromatic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
  • pontchartrainLake, a shallow extension of the Gulf of Mexico in SE Louisiana, N of New Orleans. 41 miles (66 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
  • pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • poor relation — If you describe one thing as a poor relation of another, you mean that it is similar to or part of the other thing, but is considered to be inferior to it.
  • poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
  • porkpie (hat) — a man's soft hat with a round, flat crown
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