13-letter words containing c, i, n, e, p
- procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procreational — having the potential to procreate
- profit center — a segment of a business organization that has a profitable base independent of the business as a whole.
- profit centre — a unit or department of a company that is responsible for its costs and its profits
- progestogenic — relating to progestogen
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- projection tv — a system made up of lenses, mirrors, and a cathode-ray tube, for projecting video images onto a large screen
- projectionist — an operator of a motion-picture or slide projector.
- protectionism — Economics. the theory, practice, or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.
- protectionist — Economics. the theory, practice, or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.
- 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.
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- provincialize — to make provincial in character.
- pseudoscience — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
- psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
- psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia
- psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- pucciniaceous — (of a fungus) belonging to the genus Puccinia
- puncture vine — a caltrop, Tribulus terrestris, having spiny fruit that can puncture tires.
- puritan ethic — work ethic.
- purkinje cell — a large, densely branching neuron in the cerebellar cortex of the brain.
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- quickstepping — Present participle of quickstep.
- quintuplicate — a group, series, or set of five copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten matter.
- racing pigeon — a pigeon bred and trained for the sport of pigeon racing
- ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
- re-experience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
- re-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
- reapplication — an act or the process of reapplying a substance
- receptiveness — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reciprocation — an act or instance of reciprocating.
- recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
- recomposition — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- recompression — the act or process of compressing something again
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- recordkeeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- redescription — the act of redescribing
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
- reincorporate — to incorporate again
- repercussions — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- republicanism — republican government.
- republicanize — to make republican.
- republication — publication anew.
- repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again