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

  • parliamenting — parliamentary debating
  • parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • parsley piert — a small N temperate rosaceous plant, Aphanes arvensis, having fan-shaped leaves and small greenish flowers
  • parti-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
  • participative — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
  • particle beam — Physics. a concentrated stream of particles, as electrons, neutrons, or protons, generated for studying particle interactions, nuclear structure, crystal structure, etc.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • particularize — to make particular.
  • partitionable — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
  • partitionment — the act or fact of being partitioned
  • partridge pea — a North American plant, Cassia fasciculata, of the legume family, having yellow flowers and feathery compound leaves that fold shut when touched.
  • party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
  • passementerie — trimming of braid, cord, bead, etc., in any of various forms.
  • 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)
  • past mistress — a woman who is thoroughly experienced or exceptionally skilled in a profession, art, etc.
  • pater patriae — Latin. father of his country.
  • paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
  • paternalistic — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
  • path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
  • patripotestal — Anthropology. of or relating to the authority exercised by a father or a father's blood relatives.
  • pattern-drill — (in foreign-language learning) a technique for practicing a linguistic structure in which students repeat a sentence or other structure, each time substituting a new element, such as a new verb, as directed by the teacher, or transforming the original structure, as in changing a statement to a question.
  • patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
  • paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
  • pauperization — the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
  • pay the piper — a person who plays on a pipe.
  • pay-per-click — a system used to set prices for online advertisements on a search engine or other website, by which the advertiser pays a small fee to the website publisher each time a user clicks on the advertisement.
  • 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.
  • peak district — a region of N central England, mainly in N Derbyshire at the S end of the Pennines: consists of moors in the north and a central limestone plateau; many caves. Highest point: 727 m (2088 ft)
  • 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.
  • pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • 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
  • pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
  • pedestrianize — to go on foot; walk.
  • pedicellariae — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
  • peer-reviewed — of or being scientific or scholarly writing or research that has undergone evaluation by other experts in the field (peer review) to judge if it merits publication or funding
  • peirastically — in a peirastic manner
  • pelvic girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
  • pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
  • pencil crayon — coloured pencil
  • pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
  • pencil stripe — a stripe of varying widths, especially a dark stripe on a light ground.
  • pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • penetratively — in a penetrative manner
  • penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
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