13-letter words containing t, a, i, e, p
- painted woman — a prostitute; slut.
- painterliness — the quality of being painterly
- pairs skaters — two skaters, a man and a woman, or a boy and a girl, who skate together, esp in competitions
- palaeoclimate — the climate of a prehistoric age
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- paleo-asiatic — a member of any of various Mongoloid peoples of northeastern Asia.
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- paleotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Ethiopian and Oriental regions.
- palette knife — a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
- palingenesist — a person who believes in a doctrine of rebirth or transmigration of souls.
- palletization — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- panaesthetism — the belief that consciousness may be present in all matter
- panel heating — heating of a room or building by means of wall, ceiling, floor, or baseboard panels containing heating pipes or electrical conductors.
- panel patient — a patient insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- panel-beating — the act of beating out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
- papaprelatist — a supporter of papal prelates
- paper profits — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
- para-centesis — puncture of the wall of a cavity to drain off fluid.
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- paraesthesias — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- parallelistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a parallelism.
- paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- parameterised — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
- parasite drag — the component of drag caused by skin friction and the shape of the surfaces not contributing to lift.
- parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parent-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
- parental unit — of or relating to a parent.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- 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 cell — any of the cells in the mucous membranes of the stomach that secrete hydrochloric acid.
- parietal lobe — the middle part of each cerebral hemisphere behind the central sulcus.
- parish priest — local church minister
- parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
- parliamentary — of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
- 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.