13-letter words containing d, r, e, a, n
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
- preponderance — the fact or quality of being preponderant; superiority in weight, power, numbers, etc.: The preponderance of votes is against the proposal.
- presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
- pride and joy — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- prison warder — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- private brand — a product marketed under a private label.
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- promised land — Heaven.
- propagandizer — a person who engages in, or subjects others to, propaganda
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- quadrennially — Every four years.
- quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
- quadringenary — a 400th anniversary
- quadruple run — a set of five cards consisting of a three-card run plus two other cards that duplicate different denominations in the run, as 5,5,6,6,7, worth 16 points.
- quandary peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains, NE of Leadville. 14,265 feet (4348 meters).
- quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
- quarter round — a molding, as on an ovolo, whose section is a quarter circle.
- quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
- queen dowager — the widow of a king.
- queen's award — either of two awards instituted by royal warrant (1976) for a sustained increase in export earnings by a British firm (Queen's Award for Export Achievement) or for an advance in technology (Queen's Award for Technological Achievement)
- racing driver — someone who drives a racing car in motor car races
- radial engine — an internal-combustion engine having the cylinders arranged in radial opposition, found mainly on older aircraft.
- radiationless — not emitting or producing radiation
- radio silence — the absence, usually deliberately maintained, of radio transmissions
- railroad line — railway route
- raison d'etat — a purely political reason for governmental action, based on the national interest and often violating principles of justice.
- raison d'etre — reason or justification for being or existence: Art is the artist's raison d'être.
- random access — designating or of a volatile memory that allows data to be accessed directly and does not require following a sequence of storage locations
- random number — pseudorandom number
- random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- random-access — direct-access.
- rank and file — the members of a group or organization apart from its leaders or officers.
- rattle around — If you say that someone rattles around in a room or other space, you mean that the space is too large for them.
- rattlebrained — foolish; flighty; scatterbrained.
- re-admittance — permission or right to enter: admittance into the exhibit room.
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
- read a lesson — to censure or reprimand, esp in a long-winded manner
- reading chair — a chair of the 18th century having an adjustable reading stand attached to the back and a crest rail extending forward on both sides to form armrests, designed to be sat on facing the back.
- reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.