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

premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
premillennial — of or relating to the period preceding the millennium.
prenomination — the act of naming in advance of a formal nomination
preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
prepositional — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
presentiality — the state of being present
preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
press of sail — as much sail as the wind or other conditions will permit a ship to carry.
prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
prevaricative — to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
prevolitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
price bracket — a notional range of prices which consumers are prepared to pay for a good
prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
pride and joy — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
primal scream — a scream uttered by a person undergoing primal therapy.
primary cache — (hardware, architecture) (L1 cache, level one cache) A small, fast cache memory inside or close to the CPU chip. For example, an Intel 80486 has an eight-kilobyte on-chip cache, and most Pentiums have a 16-KB on-chip level one cache that consists of an 8-KB instruction cache and an 8-KB data cache. The larger, slower secondary cache is normally connected to the CPU via its external bus.
primary color — Art. a color, as red, yellow, or blue, that in mixture yields other colors. Compare complementary color (def 1), secondary color, tertiary color.
primary group — a group of individuals living in close, intimate, and personal relationship.
primary metal — metal derived directly from ore rather than from scrap.
primary tense — in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, a tense referring to present or future time
primary tooth — one of the temporary teeth of a mammal that are replaced by the permanent teeth.
primary xylem — xylem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
primigravidas — a woman pregnant for the first time.
primordiality — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
prince albert — Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
principal boy — the leading male role in a pantomime, played by a woman
principalness — the quality or position of being principal
principalship — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
priority case — a matter that takes precedence over others
priority mail — (in the U.S. Postal Service) mail consisting of merchandise weighing more than 12 ounces sent at first-class rates.
prismatically — of, relating to, or like a prism.
prison inmate — a person who is confined in a prison
prison warder — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
private brand — a product marketed under a private label.
private hotel — a residential hotel or boarding house in which the proprietor has the right to refuse to accept a person as a guest, esp a person arriving by chance
private label — the label of a product, or the product itself, sold under the name of a wholesaler or retailer, by special arrangement with the manufacturer or producer.
private parts — genitalia
private press — a printing establishment primarily run as a pastime
private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
private trust — a trust designed for the benefit of a designated or known individual (opposed to charitable trust).
privateersman — an officer or sailor of a privateer.
privatization — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
privy chamber — a private apartment in a royal residence.
pro-abolition — the act of abolishing: the abolition of war.
proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.

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