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13-letter words containing u, n, p, i

  • 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
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
  • peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
  • pet insurance — health insurance for a pet
  • phylloquinone — vitamin K1.
  • phytonutrient — phytochemical.
  • piano quartet — a musical composition scored for piano and three other instruments, typically violin, viola, and cello.
  • piano quintet — a musical composition scored for a string quartet, or other combination of four instruments, and piano.
  • pick-up joint — a place where people go with the intention of meeting someone to start a sexual relationship with
  • pick-up point — the prearranged place where you go to collect people or things
  • 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.
  • picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
  • pigouvian tax — a tax levied to counter an economic negative externality, for example taxing producers of industrial pollution in order to encourage pollution control
  • piper gurnard — a marine fish, Trigla lyra, of the family Triglidae
  • plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
  • plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
  • plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • platiniridium — a natural alloy composed chiefly of platinum and iridium.
  • platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
  • platitudinize — to utter platitudes.
  • platitudinous — characterized by or given to platitudes.
  • plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
  • 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.
  • plural voting — right to vote more than once
  • pluralization — to receive or take a plural form.
  • pluripresence — presence in more than one place at the same time
  • plus or minus — You use plus or minus to give the amount by which a particular number may vary.
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
  • pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
  • point d'appui — a support or prop
  • point success — a peak in W central Washington, to the S of Mount Rainier, in the Cascade Range.14,158 feet (4318 meters).
  • poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
  • pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
  • polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • pons asinorum — a geometric proposition that if a triangle has two of its sides equal, the angles opposite these sides are also equal: so named from the difficulty experienced by beginners in mastering it. Euclid, 1:5.
  • porcelaineous — like 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.
  • 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.
  • postcommunion — the part of a communion service that follows after the congregation has received communion.
  • postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
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