13-letter words containing p, a, r, l, n
- nonprovincial — Not restricted to a small region; not done in isolation.
- nonreciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- normally-open — Normally-open switch contacts are in an open state at rest.
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- nuclear power — power derived from nuclear energy.
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
- open interval — (mathematics) A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
- open learning — a system of further education on a flexible part-time basis
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- operationally — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- optical crown — an optical glass of low dispersion and relatively low refractive index. It is used in the construction of lenses
- oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- painterliness — the quality of being painterly
- pair trawling — the act or practice of using two boats to trawl for fish
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- paleosiberian — a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the unrelated language isolates Ket, Nivkh, and Yukaghir; Paleo-Asiatic.
- pandora shell — any marine bivalve of the genus Pandora, having a scimitar-shaped shell with a pronounced ridge along the hinge.
- pangola grass — a grass, Digitaria decumbens, native to southern Africa, cultivated for hay and forage in the southeastern U.S.
- pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
- paper lantern — a lantern made from paper (shading a candle etc); often hung at Chinese and Japanese festivals
- paraffin lamp — a lamp which is fuelled by paraffin
- parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
- paralipomenon — Chronicles.
- parallel turn — a turn, executed by shifting one's weight, in which the skis stay parallel
- paranormality — the state of being paranormal
- paraphernalia — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
- parcel tanker — a tanker designed to carry an assortment of liquids, as chemicals, or different grades of a liquid, as petroleum, at one time.
- parencephalon — a cerebral hemisphere
- parent-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
- parental home — a school for problem children.
- parental unit — of or relating to a parent.
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- parietal bone — either of a pair of membrane bones forming, by their union at the sagittal suture, part of the sides and top of the skull.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parking light — The parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width.
- parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
- parliamentary — of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
- parliamenting — parliamentary debating
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- parris island — a U.S. Marine Corps base, recruit depot, and training station in SE South Carolina, SW of Beaufort and S of Port Royal Island.
- parry channel — a water channel in N Canada running between Baffin Bay on the E and the Arctic Ocean on the W: separates the Queen Elizabeth Islands (N) from the rest of the Arctic Archipelago.