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

  • park and ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
  • park-and-ride — a municipal system that provides free parking for suburban commuters at an outlying terminus of a bus or rail line.
  • 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
  • path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
  • pattern maker — someone who creates plans or diagrams used as a guide in making something
  • 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.
  • peacock plant — a plant, Calathea makoyana, native to Brazil, having leaves that are spotted on the upper surface and purple on the lower surface.
  • peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
  • petrol tanker — a specially equipped ship or truck for transporting petrol and other fuels
  • 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.
  • phosphokinase — an increase in the amount of creatine phosphokinase that is released into the bloodstream when a muscle becomes injured
  • phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
  • picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
  • pig in a poke — something not adequately appraised or of undetermined value, as an offering or purchase.
  • 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.
  • pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
  • planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
  • poker machine — a fruit machine
  • pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
  • pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
  • poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
  • porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
  • power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • prawn cracker — a puffy savoury crisp made from rice flour and prawn flavouring, served with Chinese food
  • prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
  • pumpkinheaded — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • quaking aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
  • quanah parker — (Quanah Parker) 1845?–1911, Comanche leader.
  • quandary peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains, NE of Leadville. 14,265 feet (4348 meters).
  • regent's park — a park in central London, laid out as Marylebone Park by John Nash; now known for the London Zoo, its open-air theatre, and Nash's curved terraces
  • saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
  • san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
  • semipalatinsk — a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
  • shakespearean — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
  • shakespearian — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
  • skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • sneak preview — a preview of a motion picture, often shown in addition to an announced film, in order to observe the reaction of the audience.
  • space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
  • spark erosion — a method of machining using a shaped electrode which erodes the workpiece by an electric spark discharge between itself and the workpiece
  • speaking part — a part in which the character speaks scripted dialogue
  • speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
  • speaking type — a device on a medal or coin that has a punning reference to a person or thing.
  • speech making — act of addressing the public formally
  • speed skating — ice skating as a form of racing, usually on an oval course and against other competitors or the clock.
  • speed walking — power walking.
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