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13-letter words containing p, e, r, m, i, t

  • open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
  • outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
  • over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • parameterised — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
  • 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.
  • parliamentary — of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
  • parliamenting — parliamentary debating
  • parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • particle beam — Physics. a concentrated stream of particles, as electrons, neutrons, or protons, generated for studying particle interactions, nuclear structure, crystal structure, etc.
  • partitionment — the act or fact of being partitioned
  • party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
  • passementerie — trimming of braid, cord, bead, etc., in any of various forms.
  • past mistress — a woman who is thoroughly experienced or exceptionally skilled in a profession, art, etc.
  • paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
  • patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
  • pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
  • penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
  • perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
  • perspectivism — the doctrine that reality is known only in terms of the perspectives of it seen by individuals or groups at particular moments.
  • petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.
  • phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
  • pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
  • phenmetrazine — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.
  • picture frame — mount for a picture
  • pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pommes frites — French fries
  • porte-monnaie — a purse or pocketbook
  • portrait mode — an orientation that is vertical rather than horizontal
  • post meridiem — p.m.
  • post-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
  • postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
  • postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
  • postmodernist — relating to late 20th-century art movement
  • potentiometer — a device for measuring electromotive force or potential difference by comparison with a known voltage.
  • potomac river — a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
  • practice exam — an informal examination taken as a preparation for an actual or formal examination
  • practice game — any informal game (of sports, chess, etc) played as preparation for a real game
  • praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
  • pre christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
  • pre-christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
  • pre-committed — to give in trust or charge; consign.
  • pre-eclamptic — a woman suffering from pre-eclampsia
  • pre-eminently — Pre-eminently means to a very great extent.
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