13-letter words containing p, e, i, g
- pan-germanism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all the German peoples in a single political organization or state.
- panel heating — heating of a room or building by means of wall, ceiling, floor, or baseboard panels containing heating pipes or electrical conductors.
- panel-beating — the act of beating out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- panic selling — widespread selling of a security or investment, causing sharp price declines. Usually caused by an unexpected event seen to devalue the security.
- 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.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
- paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
- 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.
- parasite drag — the component of drag caused by skin friction and the shape of the surfaces not contributing to lift.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parking brake — emergency brake.
- parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
- parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
- parliamenting — parliamentary debating
- parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- partridge pea — a North American plant, Cassia fasciculata, of the legume family, having yellow flowers and feathery compound leaves that fold shut when touched.
- passing place — a wider place on a narrow road where vehicles can pass
- 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.
- pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pelvic girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
- 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
- perching bird — any member of the avian order Passeriformes.
- peregrination — travel from one place to another, especially on foot.
- peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
- perigastritis — the inflammation of the part of the peritoneum surrounding the stomach
- perigean tide — an ocean tide that occurs in the spring, when the moon is at its perigee.
- periwig chair — a chair of c1700 having a high, caned back with an elaborately carved cresting.
- perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- pertaining to — having to do with
- petrol engine — an internal-combustion engine that uses petrol as fuel
- pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- 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.
- photoallergic — photosensitive.
- photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
- photogeologic — of or relating to photogeology
- photonegative — pertaining to a substance, as selenium, having a conductivity that decreases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.