13-letter words containing p, o, r, c, e
- photoelectric — pertaining to the electronic or other electric effects produced by light.
- photoelectron — an electron emitted from a system by the photoelectric effect.
- photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
- photoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by light.
- photorecorder — a device for making photographic records.
- phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte
- phycoerythrin — a red protein pigment occurring in red algae.
- piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
- pickerel frog — a meadow frog, Rana palustris, common in eastern North America, similar to the leopard frog but with squarish dark spots on the back.
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- piece of work — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- piezoelectric — electricity, or electric polarity, produced by the piezoelectric effect.
- pilot officer — A pilot officer is an officer of low rank in the British Royal Air Force.
- pimple copper — a form of copper matte about 80 percent pure, somewhat less refined than blister copper.
- place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
- platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
- plectopterous — of or relating to the order Plectoptera, containing mayflies
- pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pocket gopher — any of numerous burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, of western and southern North America and Central America, having large, external, fur-lined cheek pouches.
- pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
- pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- poker machine — a fruit machine
- polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
- police escort — a police officer or vehicle which accompanies a prisoner
- police record — an official file, held by the police, containing details of any criminal offences committed by an individual
- polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
- pollice verso — with thumbs turned downward: the sign made by spectators calling for the death of a defeated gladiator in the ancient Roman circus.
- polycarbonate — a synthetic thermoplastic resin, a linear polymer of carbonic acid, used for molded products, films, and nonbreakable windows.
- popcorn movie — a film that appeals to a mass audience
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- porcelainlike — resembling porcelain
- porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- port colborne — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- porte-cochere — a covered carriage entrance leading into a courtyard.
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- postemergence — occurring or applied after emergence of a plant from the soil and before full growth: postemergence frost.
- postemergency — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
- postrecession — occurring or existing in the period after a recession
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- potomac fever — the determination or fervor to share in the power and prestige of the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., especially by being appointed or elected to a government position.
- 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.
- potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
- powder charge — propellant (def 2).
- praecipitatio — Meteorology. precipitation from a cloud that reaches the surface of the earth (distinguished from virga).
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
- pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.