13-letter words containing p, e, t, i, s
- 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
- postoperative — occurring after a surgical operation.
- postrecession — occurring or existing in the period after a recession
- poult-de-soie — a soft, ribbed silk fabric, used especially for dresses.
- power station — a generating station.
- practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
- prairie skirt — a full, dirndl-style skirt with a flounce on the bottom edge that is sometimes trimmed or lined to suggest a petticoat underneath.
- prairie state — Illinois (used as a nickname).
- prairie style — the style of the architects of the Prairie School.
- 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-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
- 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-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- pre-existence — to exist beforehand.
- pre-requisite — required beforehand: a prerequisite fund of knowledge.
- pre-sintering — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
- pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
- preantiseptic — (especially of surgery) noting that period of time before the adoption of the principles of antisepsis (about 1867).
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- precapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- preceptorship — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- predesignated — to designate beforehand.
- predestinated — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
- predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predistortion — preemphasis.
- prefix syntax — prefix notation
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- premonishment — a forewarning
- 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.
- prepositioned — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- prescientific — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- prescriptible — subject to or suitable for prescription.
- presentiality — the state of being present
- preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- presidentship — presidency.
- press cutting — an article or picture from a newspaper about someone or something
- press section — a section or part of an area, as at the scene of a public event, reserved for reporters.
- pressure suit — pressurized suit.
- presterilized — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
- pretendership — the standing of a pretender
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.