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13-letter words containing p, a, r, t, n, s

  • multipartisan — Relating to or supported by multiple groups, especially by multiple political parties.
  • myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
  • nailing strip — a strip of wood or other partly yielding material attached to a hard surface, as of steel or concrete, so that objects may be nailed to the surface.
  • nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
  • natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
  • ne plus ultra — the highest point; acme.
  • nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.
  • nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
  • nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
  • nonpractising — of or relating to a person who no longer observes or pursues his or her religious faith
  • of many parts — having many different abilities
  • on one's part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • on the parish — receiving parochial relief
  • open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
  • opentransport — (networking)   (OT) A complete reimplementation of all levels of the Macintosh networking code including "Classic" AppleTalk and MacTCP. It appeared in MacOS revision 7.5.3 [or earlier? Date?].
  • operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
  • opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
  • oppositionary — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
  • organotropism — Physiology. the attraction of microorganisms or chemical substances to particular organs or tissues of the body.
  • painted horse — paint (def 6).
  • painterliness — the quality of being painterly
  • pangrammatist — a writer of pangrams
  • 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.
  • pantisocratic — relating to pantisocracy
  • para-centesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
  • paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
  • paramenstruum — the four days before and first four days of menstruation
  • parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
  • parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
  • parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
  • parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
  • parking strip — Chiefly Upper Midwest and Western U.S. parkway (def 2).
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parsons table — a square or rectangular table, often of lightweight material, with straight legs that are square in cross section and of the same thickness as the top extending from the corners flush with the top so as to appear jointless.
  • parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
  • parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
  • parthian shot — a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.
  • parting strip — a strip, as of wood, used to keep two parts separated, as one in each side of the frame of a window to keep the sashes apart when lowered or raised.
  • party manners — polite behaviour
  • passementerie — trimming of braid, cord, bead, etc., in any of various forms.
  • passenger jet — a jet that carries passengers
  • passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • past anterior — a pluperfect verb (in French)
  • pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
  • paternalistic — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
  • payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
  • pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
  • pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
  • pedro santana — Pedro [pey-droh;; Spanish pe-th raw] /ˈpeɪ droʊ;; Spanish ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1801–64, Dominican revolutionary and political leader: president 1844–48, 1853–56, 1858–61.
  • penalty rates — rates of pay, such as double time, paid to employees working outside normal working hours
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