13-letter words containing p, i, n, e, t
- opening night — the first performance of a theatrical attraction, taking place in the evening: The audience was full of celebrities on opening night.
- operationally — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
- opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
- opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- overreporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- packing crate — A packing crate is a large wooden box in which things are put so that they can be stored or taken somewhere.
- paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
- paediatrician — A paediatrician is a doctor who specializes in treating sick children.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- painted snipe — either of two snipelike birds of the family Rostratulidae, of South America and the Old World tropics, the female of which is larger and more brightly colored than the male.
- painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
- painterliness — the quality of being painterly
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
- palingenesist — a person who believes in a doctrine of rebirth or transmigration of souls.
- palletization — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- panaesthetism — the belief that consciousness may be present in all matter
- panel heating — heating of a room or building by means of wall, ceiling, floor, or baseboard panels containing heating pipes or electrical conductors.
- panel patient — a patient insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- panel-beating — the act of beating out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- 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.
- para-centesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- 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.
- parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parent-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
- parental unit — of or relating to a parent.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- parietal bone — either of a pair of membrane bones forming, by their union at the sagittal suture, part of the sides and top of the skull.
- 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
- partitionable — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- 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 anterior — a pluperfect verb (in French)