13-letter words containing p, r, a, i, e, g
- partridge pea — a North American plant, Cassia fasciculata, of the legume family, having yellow flowers and feathery compound leaves that fold shut when touched.
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- peregrination — travel from one place to another, especially on foot.
- peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
- perigastritis — the inflammation of the part of the peritoneum surrounding the stomach
- perigean tide — an ocean tide that occurs in the spring, when the moon is at its perigee.
- periwig chair — a chair of c1700 having a high, caned back with an elaborately carved cresting.
- pertaining to — having to do with
- pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- photoallergic — photosensitive.
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- pilsner-glass — a pale, light lager beer.
- pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
- piper gurnard — a marine fish, Trigla lyra, of the family Triglidae
- placer mining — mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or other hydraulic methods
- plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
- plain bearing — any of various bearings, not containing rolling elements, that present to the shaft or axle they support broad areas of corresponding form, usually segments of a cylinder.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- post-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- practice game — any informal game (of sports, chess, etc) played as preparation for a real game
- prague spring — a brief period of democratization in Czechoslovakia in 1968, under Alexander Dubček.
- praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
- pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
- pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
- pre-organized — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- precipitating — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- predesignated — to designate beforehand.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- preganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
- prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
- progametangia — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- progenitorial — characteristic of a progenitor
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- progressional — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
- propagandizer — a person who engages in, or subjects others to, propaganda