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13-letter words containing a, c, n, e, d

  • passchendaele — a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
  • peace of mind — reassurance
  • pedantocratic — of or relating to pedantocracy
  • pedicellation — having a pedicel or pedicels.
  • pentadactylic — having five digits on each limb
  • peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • phase encoded — (storage)   (PE) A recording method used for 1600 BPI magnetic tapes. Compare NRZI, GCR.
  • phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
  • pico de aneto — Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
  • post-actinide — transactinide
  • postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
  • pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
  • prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
  • prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
  • premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
  • preponderance — the fact or quality of being preponderant; superiority in weight, power, numbers, etc.: The preponderance of votes is against the proposal.
  • presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
  • product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
  • quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
  • quindecagonal — (geometry) Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
  • quindecennial — of or relating to a period of 15 years or the 15th occurrence of a series, as an anniversary.
  • quindicessima — (music) Two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.
  • racing driver — someone who drives a racing car in motor car races
  • radio silence — the absence, usually deliberately maintained, of radio transmissions
  • random access — designating or of a volatile memory that allows data to be accessed directly and does not require following a sequence of storage locations
  • random-access — direct-access.
  • re-admittance — permission or right to enter: admittance into the exhibit room.
  • reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
  • reading chair — a chair of the 18th century having an adjustable reading stand attached to the back and a crest rail extending forward on both sides to form armrests, designed to be sat on facing the back.
  • recommendable — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
  • recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
  • reconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
  • reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • recording van — a van containing sound and image recording equipment, used as a mobile recording studio
  • redondo beach — a city in SW California.
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
  • remand centre — correctional facility
  • reminder call — an automated service which you can set up in advance to make a telephone call to you at a fixed time for the purpose of reminding you of something important
  • retinoic acid — a vitamin A derivative, C20H28O2, used in the treatment of acne, skin wrinkles, etc.
  • revendication — the process or act of revendicating
  • revindication — the act of vindicating.
  • riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
  • road accident — a traffic accident involving vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists
  • romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
  • sacred baboon — hamadryas baboon.
  • sandwich beam — flitch beam.
  • sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
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