13-letter words containing d, e, p, s, t, r
- post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
- postmodernist — relating to late 20th-century art movement
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
- predesignated — to designate beforehand.
- predestinated — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
- predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predistortion — preemphasis.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- prepositioned — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- presidentship — presidency.
- presterilized — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- pretendership — the standing of a pretender
- priest-ridden — dominated or governed by or excessively under the influence of priests
- prism diopter — a unit of prismatic deviation, in which the number one represents a prism that deflects a beam of light a distance of one centimeter on a plane placed normal to the initial direction of the beam and one meter away from the prism.
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- propositioned — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- protected sex — sexual activity during which a condom is used to protect against sexually transmitted disease and pregnancy.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- redescription — the act of redescribing
- redisposition — the withdrawal and redistribution of armed forces with the aim of more effective use
- repristinated — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- roll-top desk — a flexible, sliding cover for the working area of a desk, opening by rising upward and back in quadrantal grooves and rolling up beneath the top.
- 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
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- script kiddie — a child or teenager who gains illegal access to computer systems, often by using hacking programs downloaded from the internet
- script reader — playreader.
- serendipitist — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
- serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- shutter speed — speed (def 5b).
- silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
- spatterdashes — long leather leggings worn in the 18th century, as to protect from mud when riding
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spotted adder — milk snake.
- spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
- spotted fever — any of several fevers characterized by spots on the skin, especially as in cerebrospinal meningitis or typhus fever.
- spread option — spread (def 25b).
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.