13-letter words containing g, e, t, r
- phototelegram — a telegram that is sent by means of phototelegraphy
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- phytoestrogen — an estrogen-like compound occurring naturally in plants of the legume family and in grains, vegetables, and fruits.
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- platform game — a type of computer game that is played by moving a figure on the screen through a series of obstacles and problems
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pocket gopher — any of numerous burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, of western and southern North America and Central America, having large, external, fur-lined cheek pouches.
- pony trekking — the act of riding ponies cross-country, esp as a pastime
- port engineer — a person who is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the machinery of the vessels of a shipping line and for the supervision of its engineering personnel.
- port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
- post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- post-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- postage meter — an office machine used in bulk mailing that imprints prepaid postage and a dated postmark.
- postage rates — the rates charged for the delivery of mail, depending on type, weight etc
- postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
- postemergence — occurring or applied after emergence of a plant from the soil and before full growth: postemergence frost.
- postemergency — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
- posting error — an error made while carrying over an entry from a journal to a ledger
- practice game — any informal game (of sports, chess, etc) played as preparation for a real game
- pre-agreement — the act of agreeing or of coming to a mutual arrangement.
- pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
- pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
- pre-sintering — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
- precipitating — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- predesignated — to designate beforehand.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
- prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- press cutting — an article or picture from a newspaper about someone or something
- press-agentry — the vocation or responsibilities of a press agent.
- prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- price cutting — the act or practice of cutting prices
- prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
- primitive gut — archenteron.
- primogenitrix — a primogenitor who is female
- primogeniture — the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents.
- prince regent — a prince who is regent of a country.
- prize fighter — A prize fighter is a boxer who fights to win money.
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- progametangia — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- progenitorial — characteristic of a progenitor
- progestogenic — relating to progestogen
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- progovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.