13-letter words containing a, p, u, n, t
- present value — current monetary worth
- preternatural — out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal: preternatural powers.
- pretournament — occurring prior to a tournament
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- pronunciation — Rare. an act or instance of declaring publicly; pronouncement: It was but the latest pronunciation of the political double-standard uttered in the course of this scandal. Synonyms: declaration, assertion, statement; announcement, affirmation; proclamation, promulgation, dissemination.
- protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
- 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.
- protoactinium — protactinium.
- protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- punctuational — punctuated equilibrium.
- punjab states — (formerly) a group of states in NW India, amalgamated in 1956 with Punjab state
- puritan ethic — work ethic.
- puritan spoon — a silver spoon having an ovoid bowl and a straight, flat, completely plain stem.
- purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
- pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
- put an end to — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- quality point — Education. grade point.
- quarter point — the fourth part of the distance between any two adjacent points of the 32 marked on a compass, being 2° 48′ 45″.
- quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
- quintuplicate — a group, series, or set of five copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten matter.
- quota-hopping — (in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen
- ration coupon — a coupon that can be exchanged for a certain quantity of rationed goods
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
- republication — publication anew.
- repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
- revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
- route planner — a book of road maps
- rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
- saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
- scapulimantic — relating to scapulimancy
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
- standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
- steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
- stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
- stirrup pants — close-fitting pants with a stirruplike strap, at the end of each leg, to be positioned under the arch of the foot
- straighten up — stand straighter