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13-letter words containing p, e, g, a, n

  • passing place — a wider place on a narrow road where vehicles can pass
  • pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
  • path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
  • pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
  • patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
  • peace-keeping — the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area: the United Nations' efforts toward peacekeeping.
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
  • pebble garden — a small ornamental garden mainly composed of an arrangement of pebbles
  • pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • peregrination — travel from one place to another, especially on foot.
  • peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
  • perigean tide — an ocean tide that occurs in the spring, when the moon is at its perigee.
  • persona grata — an acceptable person, especially a diplomatic representative acceptable to the government to which he or she is accredited.
  • pertaining to — having to do with
  • pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
  • pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
  • pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
  • phone hacking — an act or instance of gaining access to a phone's voicemail, email, text messages, etc., without authorization from the phone's owner.
  • phone-tapping — Phone-tapping is the activity of listening secretly to someone's phone conversations using special electronic equipment. In most cases phone-tapping is illegal.
  • photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
  • photonegative — pertaining to a substance, as selenium, having a conductivity that decreases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
  • phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
  • phytopathogen — an organism that causes disease in plants
  • piezomagnetic — involving or relating to the production of a magnetic field by applying a mechanical stress to certain crystals
  • pig in a poke — something not adequately appraised or of undetermined value, as an offering or purchase.
  • pigeon breast — chicken breast.
  • pigheadedness — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
  • pilsner-glass — a pale, light lager beer.
  • pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
  • piper gurnard — a marine fish, Trigla lyra, of the family Triglidae
  • place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • placer mining — mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or other hydraulic methods
  • plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
  • plain bearing — any of various bearings, not containing rolling elements, that present to the shaft or axle they support broad areas of corresponding form, usually segments of a cylinder.
  • plain dealing — direct and honest conduct in one's relations and transactions with others.
  • plane sailing — sailing on a course plotted without reference to the curvature of the earth.
  • planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
  • plasma engine — an engine that generates thrust by reaction to the emission of a jet of plasma
  • playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
  • playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
  • pneumatograph — pneumograph.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • point de gaze — a needlepoint lace in which delicate floral designs are sewn onto a net ground.
  • pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
  • polling place — a place at or in which votes in an election are cast.
  • polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
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