13-letter words containing p, r, e, i, n, a
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
- pencil crayon — coloured pencil
- penetratively — in a penetrative manner
- 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
- penny-a-liner — a hack writer.
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- 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.
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- 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
- 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
- periodization — an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study.
- periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
- peritonealize — to cover with peritoneum.
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- perseveration — the act or process of perseverating.
- persian lilac — an Asian lilac, Syringa persica, having pale reddish-purple flowers.
- persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
- personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personalities — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- pertaining to — having to do with
- peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
- pervaporation — Pervaporation is a separation process in which a substance permeates through a membrane and then evaporates.
- pervasiveness — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- pet insurance — health insurance for a pet
- petit larceny — petty larceny.
- petit treason — the killing of a husband by his wife, of a lord by his servant, or of an ecclesiastic by a subordinate ecclesiastic.
- petrification — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
- phenmetrazine — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.
- phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- piano quartet — a musical composition scored for piano and three other instruments, typically violin, viola, and cello.
- piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.