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13-letter words containing a, p, r, t, e, m

  • predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
  • predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
  • predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
  • premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
  • prenomination — the act of naming in advance of a formal nomination
  • pretournament — occurring prior to a tournament
  • primary metal — metal derived directly from ore rather than from scrap.
  • primary tense — in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, a tense referring to present or future time
  • primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
  • prison inmate — a person who is confined in a prison
  • privateersman — an officer or sailor of a privateer.
  • problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
  • problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • progametangia — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
  • prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
  • protest march — public demonstration
  • protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
  • proto-elamite — the indigenous script of Elam, found on inscriptions and tablets from the fourth millennium b.c.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
  • pyrimethamine — a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
  • quaterpolymer — A copolymer derived from four species of monomer.
  • 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.
  • reappointment — a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement: We made an appointment to meet again.
  • recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
  • recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  • representamen — (in semiotics) a sign or signifier, whether physical or otherwise, which points to an object
  • revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
  • sample letter — an example of a particular type of letter intended to show people how to construct their own letter
  • semi-parasite — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semiparasitic — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
  • semipermanent — not quite permanent.
  • septempartite — separated into seven sections.
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
  • spa treatment — a non-medical procedure to help the health of the body, such as a massage
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • sparcsystem 4 — (computer)   A computer built with the MicroSPARC ii 70MHz CPU as used in the SPARC 5 Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit pixel accelerator instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995.
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • spermatophore — a capsule surrounding a mass of spermatozoa, produced by the male of various animal species and transferred to the female.
  • spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
  • spermatorrhea — abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.
  • spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
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