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13-letter words containing p, r, e, i, o

  • paper profits — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
  • paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
  • paralipomenon — Chronicles.
  • parietal bone — either of a pair of membrane bones forming, by their union at the sagittal suture, part of the sides and top of the skull.
  • parietal lobe — the middle part of each cerebral hemisphere behind the central sulcus.
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • parti-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • partitionable — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
  • partitionment — the act or fact of being partitioned
  • passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
  • past anterior — a pluperfect verb (in French)
  • patripotestal — Anthropology. of or relating to the authority exercised by a father or a father's blood relatives.
  • pauperization — the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
  • peace officer — a civil officer appointed to preserve the public peace, as a sheriff or constable.
  • peacock chair — a wicker armchair with a high, circular back.
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • pearl tapioca — a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca) or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
  • pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
  • pedantocratic — of or relating to pedantocracy
  • pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
  • pencil crayon — coloured pencil
  • penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
  • 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.
  • perboric acid — a hypothetical acid, HBO 3 , known only in the form of its salts.
  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
  • 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
  • perfectionate — to perfect; to make perfect
  • perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
  • perfectionist — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
  • perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
  • periodic acid — any of a series of acids derived from I 2 O 7 by the addition of water molecules, as HIO 4 or H 5 IO 6 .
  • periodic rate — The periodic rate is the interest rate charged for each period, such as monthly or quarterly.
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • periodization — an act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study.
  • periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
  • periodontitis — inflammation of the periodontium caused by bacteria that infect the roots of teeth and the surrounding gum crevices, producing bleeding, pus formation, and gradual loss of bone and the tissues that support the teeth. Compare pyorrhea (def 2).
  • periodontosis — rapidly advancing juvenile periodontitis.
  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • peritonealize — to cover with peritoneum.
  • perl profiler — (tool)   (pprof) A tool by Anthony Iano-Fletcher of Nottingham University, UK to profile, and collate data from, Perl scripts. Version: 1? Source posted on comp.lang.perl in mid-June 1993.
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
  • perseveration — the act or process of perseverating.
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