13-letter words containing p, a, r, l, n
- european plan — a hotel rate of charging covering room and service but not meals
- european sole — Solea solea, a tongue-shaped flatfish of the family Soleidae, also known as Dover sole or common sole: prefers shallow waters and is highly valued as a food fish
- exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
- explanatorily — With regard to explanatory power.
- explorational — Of, pertaining to, or by means of exploration.
- extrapersonal — Outside of a person; beyond what is personal or individual.
- extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
- extrapolation — (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
- fanfold paper — continuous paper perforated at regular intervals, as used in a dot-matrix printer
- flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- flavopurpurin — a yellow, crystalline anthraquinone dye, C 14 H 8 O 5 , isomeric with purpurin.
- florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
- flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
- franklin park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- free enthalpy — a thermodynamic property of a system equal to the difference between its enthalpy and the product of its temperature and its entropy. It is usually measured in joules
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- 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.
- frontopalatal — articulated with the portion of the tongue that is just behind the tip touching or near the alveolar ridge and hard palate, as ( (ʃ) ; sh) ) and (; ʒ) ; zh) )
- fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
- gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- grandparental — Of or relating to a grandparent.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- grapple plant — a procumbent, thorny plant, Harpagophytum procumbens, of southern Africa.
- 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.
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
- heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
- highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- horripilation — a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hyperpersonal — Very highly personal.
- hyperrational — characterized by excessive rationality
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hypobranchial — situated below the gills or beneath the branchial arches.
- impartialness — The quality of being impartial.
- impermanently — In an impermanent manner.
- impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- in particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- in triplicate — in three copies, times three
- inappreciable — imperceptible; insignificant: an inappreciable difference.