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13-letter words containing p, e, r, i, l, o

  • pilot officer — A pilot officer is an officer of low rank in the British Royal Air Force.
  • pimple copper — a form of copper matte about 80 percent pure, somewhat less refined than blister copper.
  • pinar del rio — a city in W Cuba.
  • piss all over — to be far superior to
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
  • plique-a-jour — an enameling technique in which the colored enamels are fused into the spaces of a wire framework on a temporary backing; the backing is then removed, producing a translucent effect
  • pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
  • police escort — a police officer or vehicle which accompanies a prisoner
  • police record — an official file, held by the police, containing details of any criminal offences committed by an individual
  • polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
  • pollice verso — with thumbs turned downward: the sign made by spectators calling for the death of a defeated gladiator in the ancient Roman circus.
  • polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
  • polyarteritis — inflammation of the layers of an artery or of many arteries, usually caused by a severe hypersensitivity reaction, and characterized by nodules and hemorrhage along the involved vessels.
  • poor relation — If you describe one thing as a poor relation of another, you mean that it is similar to or part of the other thing, but is considered to be inferior to it.
  • poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
  • port adelaide — the chief port of South Australia, near Adelaide on St Vincent Gulf. Pop: 33 145 (2006)
  • portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
  • powdered milk — dry milk.
  • power failure — electricity outage
  • power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-disclosed — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
  • pre-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
  • precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
  • predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
  • predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • preganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
  • prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
  • premonitorily — in a premonitory manner
  • prepositional — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
  • prerevolution — of the period before a revolution
  • prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
  • press of sail — as much sail as the wind or other conditions will permit a ship to carry.
  • prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
  • pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
  • pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
  • prevolitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
  • price control — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
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