13-letter words containing a, n, p, r
- untrespassing — not trespassing or infringing
- up and around — recovered from illness
- up in the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- upland plover — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
- upperclassman — a junior or senior in a secondary school or college.
- upright piano — a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically. Compare spinet (def 1).
- uranite group — the mineralogical group including uranites and related minerals.
- urban planner — a person who plans and designs urban areas
- vacation trip — a trip undertaken during a vacation
- valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
- vapor tension — vapor pressure.
- vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
- venus flytrap — firewall machine
- vip treatment — preferential or special treatment, as or as if given to famous or rich people
- virginia pine — a pine tree, Pinus virginiana, of the eastern U.S., that grows in poor soil and has needles in groups of two.
- virginia plan — a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- war and peace — a novel (1862–69) by Leo Tolstoy.
- warp knitting — a knitting process in which the yarn is knitted vertically in a flat form.
- warping board — a rectangular board containing evenly spaced pegs at each end on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- warping frame — a wooden frame containing evenly spaced pegs on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- water parsnip — a perennial aquatic plant; Berula erecta
- water parting — a watershed or divide.
- water spaniel — either of two breeds of spaniels, used for retrieving waterfowl.
- watering spot — watering hole
- waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
- waterscorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- waygoing crop — away-going crop.
- weapons-grade — Weapons-grade substances such as uranium or plutonium are of a quality which makes them suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
- weatherperson — a meteorologist or weathercaster.
- west paterson — a town in NE New Jersey.
- wild spaniard — any of various subalpine perennials of the genus Aciphylla of New Zealand, with sharp leaves
- wolverhampton — a city in West Midlands, in W England.
- word painting — an effective verbal description.
- word wrapping — In computing, word wrapping is a process by which a word which comes at the end of a line is automatically moved onto a new line in order to keep the text within the margins.
- working party — A working party is a committee which is formed to investigate a particular situation or problem and to produce a report containing its opinions and suggestions.
- wrapped up in — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- writing paper — paper on which to write.
- xiphiplastron — the fourth lateral plate of a turtle's plastron
- yachting trip — a pleasure trip on a yacht
- zinjanthropus — the genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned.
- zoosporangium — a sporangium or spore case in which zoospores are produced.
- zygosporangia — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.