13-letter words containing g, r, i, p
- pruning knife — a knife used for pruning
- pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
- psychographic — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
- pulling power — the ability to attract and influence other people
- purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
- putting green — green (def 24).
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- racing pigeon — a pigeon bred and trained for the sport of pigeon racing
- raiding party — a group of people who together carry out a raid
- raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- reading speed — the rate at which something is read, often expressed in terms of words per minute. Reading speed is usually determined by the purpose of reading (for comprehension, learning, memorization, etc)
- reagent strip — A reagent strip is a thin piece of paper impregnated with a reagent (= a substance that causes a chemical reaction) to a specific substance, used in testing for that substance in a body of fluid.
- reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- 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.
- 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.
- reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
- repositioning — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- reprographics — reprography.
- resting place — grave
- retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- ring compound — a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound. Compare cyclic (def 3).
- ring spinning — a process of spinning in which the yarn is twisted and drawn while passing through a small metal device traveling rapidly around a ring in the operation of winding the yarn onto a bobbin.
- ring topology — ring network
- ringed plover — any of several cosmopolitan plovers of the genus Charadrius, especially C. hiaticula, brownish above and white below with a black band around the breast.
- rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
- rolling paper — cigarette paper available in small packages to smokers for rolling their own cigarettes.
- roundtripping — a form of trading in which a company borrows a sum of money from one source and takes advantage of a short-term rise in interest rates to make a profit by lending it to another
- rumelgumption — commonsense
- rumlegumption — commonsense
- saratoga chip — potato chip.
- scintigraphic — of or relating to scintigraphy
- scriptwriting — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
- selling price — cost at which sth is put up for sale
- sempstressing — the profession of being a seamstress
- sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- serving spoon — utensil used to serve food
- shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- sheepshearing — an act or instance of shearing sheep.
- shepherd king — any of the Hyksos kings.
- shipping room — a place in a business concern where goods are packed and shipped.
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- shopping trip — visit to the shops
- silver spring — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- single parent — mother or father without a partner