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

  • provinciality — provincial character.
  • provincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • provocational — the act of provoking.
  • provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
  • prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
  • prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
  • pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • psychographic — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
  • pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • puritan spoon — a silver spoon having an ovoid bowl and a straight, flat, completely plain stem.
  • purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
  • pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
  • pyrimethamine — a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
  • pyrolytically — in a pyrolytic manner
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
  • quadricipital — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.
  • quadripartite — divided into or consisting of four parts.
  • quadriphonics — quadraphony.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • quadruplicity — the state or fact of being quadruple or fourfold.
  • quality press — the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
  • quarter point — the fourth part of the distance between any two adjacent points of the 32 marked on a compass, being 2° 48′ 45″.
  • quasi-private — belonging to some particular person: private property.
  • quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
  • racing pigeon — a pigeon bred and trained for the sport of pigeon racing
  • radio compass — a radio receiver with a directional antenna for determining the bearing of the receiver from a radio transmitter.
  • radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
  • radioteletype — Also called radioteletypewriter [rey-dee-oh-tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, -tel-i-tahyp-rahy-] /ˌreɪ di oʊˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, -ˈtɛl ɪ taɪpˌraɪ-/ (Show IPA). a teletypewriter equipped for transmitting or receiving messages by radio instead of wire.
  • raiding party — a group of people who together carry out a raid
  • rail-splitter — a person or thing that splits logs into rails, especially for fences.
  • raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
  • ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
  • rapid transit — a system of public transportation in a metropolitan area, usually a subway or elevated train system.
  • ration coupon — a coupon that can be exchanged for a certain quantity of rationed goods
  • re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
  • reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
  • reading speed — the rate at which something is read, often expressed in terms of words per minute. Reading speed is usually determined by the purpose of reading (for comprehension, learning, memorization, etc)
  • reagent strip — A reagent strip is a thin piece of paper impregnated with a reagent (= a substance that causes a chemical reaction) to a specific substance, used in testing for that substance in a body of fluid.
  • realpolitiker — someone who practises or believes in realpolitik
  • reapplication — an act or the process of reapplying a substance
  • reappointment — a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement: We made an appointment to meet again.
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