13-letter words containing p, r, e, i, n
- 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.
- phenoxy resin — any of a class of resins derived from polyhydroxy ethers
- phenylephrine — an alpha-adrenergic stimulant, C 1 9 H 1 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a nasal decongestant.
- photofinisher — a person whose profession is photofinishing
- 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.
- phycoerythrin — a red protein pigment occurring in red algae.
- phytonutrient — phytochemical.
- 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 phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- 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.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- pilsner-glass — a pale, light lager beer.
- pinar del rio — a city in W Cuba.
- 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.
- pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
- piper gurnard — a marine fish, Trigla lyra, of the family Triglidae
- pitcher plant — any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
- 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.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
- plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
- plunging fire — artillery or other fire that strikes the ground at a steep angle, as from high ground overlooking the target or from a weapon fired at a high angle of elevation.
- pluripresence — presence in more than one place at the same time
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pointe claire — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- poker machine — a fruit machine
- polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
- pony trekking — the act of riding ponies cross-country, esp as a pastime
- poor relation — If you describe one thing as a poor relation of another, you mean that it is similar to or part of the other thing, but is considered to be inferior to it.
- popcorn movie — a film that appeals to a mass audience
- poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
- 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 engineer — a person who is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the machinery of the vessels of a shipping line and for the supervision of its engineering personnel.
- porte-monnaie — a purse or pocketbook
- portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
- possessionary — of, relating to, or characterized by possession
- post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- posterization — a process for producing a posterlike, high-contrast color reproduction from continuous-tone art by using separation negatives of various densities.
- posting error — an error made while carrying over an entry from a journal to a ledger
- postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.