13-letter words containing a, c, r, e, t
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- proleptically — anticipatorily
- prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
- proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- proteoclastic — of, related to, or initiating proteolysis
- protest march — public demonstration
- protochordate — any of the nonvertebrate chordates, as the tunicates, cephalochordates, and hemichordates.
- provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
- puritan ethic — work ethic.
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- quarter crack — sand crack.
- quarterbacked — Simple past tense and past participle of quarterback.
- quarterdecker — an officer who serves on the quarterdeck; a gun situated on the quarterdeck
- 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
- quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
- quincentenary — a 500th anniversary or its celebration.
- racket sports — sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc, that are played using a racket
- radioactivate — to make (a substance) radioactive.
- radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- raffle ticket — a ticket sold in a raffle, representing a chance to win a prize
- ragged jacket — a young seal that, having lost parts of its initially white fur, presents a parti-colored or piebald appearance.
- ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
- rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
- ratchet wheel — a wheel, with teeth on the edge, into which a pawl drops or catches, as to prevent reversal of motion or convert reciprocating motion into rotatory motion.
- ratiocinative — the process of logical reasoning.
- re-accelerate — to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in: to accelerate economic growth.
- re-acceptance — the act of taking or receiving something offered.
- re-activation — to render active again; revive.
- re-admittance — permission or right to enter: admittance into the exhibit room.
- re-allocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- re-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- re-escalation — the act of re-escalating
- reacclimatize — to acclimatize or become acclimatized again
- reaccumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- reacquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- reaction rate — The reaction rate is the speed at which a reaction happens, measured by the speed at which the feed is consumed or the speed at which the product is formed.
- reaction time — the interval between stimulation and response.
- reactionarism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- readjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- realistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
- reapplication — an act or the process of reapplying a substance