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13-letter words containing p, l, a, n, t, g

  • negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
  • packing plant — an establishment for processing and packing foods, especially meat, to be sold at wholesale.
  • painstakingly — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
  • pair trawling — the act or practice of using two boats to trawl for fish
  • palaeontology — Palaeontology is the study of fossils as a guide to the history of life on Earth.
  • paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
  • paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  • palingenesist — a person who believes in a doctrine of rebirth or transmigration of souls.
  • panel heating — heating of a room or building by means of wall, ceiling, floor, or baseboard panels containing heating pipes or electrical conductors.
  • panel-beating — the act of beating out the bodywork of motor vehicles
  • 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.
  • parking light — The parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width.
  • parliamenting — parliamentary debating
  • parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
  • pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
  • patronizingly — displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner: a patronizing greeting, accompanied by a gentle pat on the pack.
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
  • place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
  • planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
  • plant kingdom — the plants of the world collectively.
  • playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
  • playwrighting — the writing of plays
  • plural voting — right to vote more than once
  • pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
  • ponta delgada — a seaport on SW São Miguel island, in the E Azores.
  • port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
  • postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
  • prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
  • progenitorial — characteristic of a progenitor
  • prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
  • protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
  • raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
  • regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
  • resting place — grave
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
  • single parent — mother or father without a partner
  • single-parent — of or noting a family in which a parent brings up a child or children alone, without a partner: a single-parent family; a single-parent household.
  • slip trailing — the act of decorating an object with a poured stream of slip.
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
  • sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
  • splitting adz — a heavy stone tool used by prehistoric peoples in northwestern North America and northeastern Asia.
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