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13-letter words containing p, i, n, e

  • pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
  • pencil stripe — a stripe of varying widths, especially a dark stripe on a light ground.
  • pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • pendente lite — during litigation; while a suit is in progress.
  • peneplanation — an area reduced almost to a plain by erosion.
  • penetratively — in a penetrative manner
  • penicillamine — a chelating agent, C 5 H 1 1 NO 2 S, produced by the degradation of penicillin, used in the treatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis and in heavy metal poisoning.
  • penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
  • penicillinase — any of a group of enzymes used to treat allergic reactions to penicillin
  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
  • peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
  • pennine chain — a range of hills in N England, extending from the S Midlands to the Cheviot Hills.
  • pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
  • penny pincher — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
  • penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
  • penny-a-liner — a hack writer.
  • penny-pincher — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
  • pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • pentadactylic — having five digits on each limb
  • pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
  • pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
  • pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
  • penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
  • pentobarbital — a barbiturate, C 1 1 H 1 7 N 2 O 3 , used as a hypnotic and as a sedative.
  • penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • peptonization — to subject (food) to an artificial, partial digestion by pepsin or pancreatic extract in order to aid digestion.
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perching bird — any member of the avian order Passeriformes.
  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
  • perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
  • peregrination — travel from one place to another, especially on foot.
  • peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
  • perennibranch — any amphibian that retains its gills throughout its life
  • perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
  • perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
  • perfectionist — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
  • perigean tide — an ocean tide that occurs in the spring, when the moon is at its perigee.
  • perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
  • perinephritis — the inflammation of the perinephrium
  • periodization — an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study.
  • periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
  • periodontitis — inflammation of the periodontium caused by bacteria that infect the roots of teeth and the surrounding gum crevices, producing bleeding, pus formation, and gradual loss of bone and the tissues that support the teeth. Compare pyorrhea (def 2).
  • periodontosis — rapidly advancing juvenile periodontitis.
  • peritonealize — to cover with peritoneum.
  • perivitelline — located around the vitellus (yolk) of an egg
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
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