13-letter words containing p, r, e, n, g
- pebble garden — a small ornamental garden mainly composed of an arrangement of pebbles
- pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- perching bird — any member of the avian order Passeriformes.
- peregrination — travel from one place to another, especially on foot.
- peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
- perigean tide — an ocean tide that occurs in the spring, when the moon is at its perigee.
- perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- persona grata — an acceptable person, especially a diplomatic representative acceptable to the government to which he or she is accredited.
- pertaining to — having to do with
- petrol engine — an internal-combustion engine that uses petrol as fuel
- pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- phytoestrogen — an estrogen-like compound occurring naturally in plants of the legume family and in grains, vegetables, and fruits.
- 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.
- 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.
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pony trekking — the act of riding ponies cross-country, esp as a pastime
- 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.
- port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
- postemergence — occurring or applied after emergence of a plant from the soil and before full growth: postemergence frost.
- postemergency — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
- posting error — an error made while carrying over an entry from a journal to a ledger
- 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.
- prague spring — a brief period of democratization in Czechoslovakia in 1968, under Alexander Dubček.
- pre-agreement — the act of agreeing or of coming to a mutual arrangement.
- pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
- pre-emergence — of or relating to the period prior to emergence of something
- 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.
- pre-sintering — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
- precipitating — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- predesignated — to designate beforehand.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- preengineered — constructed of or using prefabricated parts.
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.