13-letter words containing p, a, r, i, t
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- 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.
- granite paper — paper containing fibers of various colors that give it a granitelike appearance.
- grantsmanship — skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.
- grape variety — type of grape
- graphitizable — (chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
- 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
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- heir apparent — an heir whose right is indefeasible, provided he or she survives the ancestor.
- heliotropical — heliotropic
- hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
- hepatobiliary — Of, pertaining to, or originating in the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder.
- herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
- hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- 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.
- heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- horripilation — a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hydropathical — Alternative form of hydropathic.
- hyperactivate — (biology) To cause or undergo hyperactivation.
- hyperactively — In a hyperactive manner.
- hyperactivity — the condition of being hyperactive.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypercritical — excessively or meticulously critical; overcritical.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- hyperdactylia — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperesthesia — an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
- hypergalactia — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
- hypermetrical — Hypermetric.
- hypermetropia — a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness (opposed to myopia).
- hypermorality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
- hypernatremia — an abnormally high concentration of sodium in the blood.