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13-letter words containing i, n, a, p, r

  • fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
  • gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
  • gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
  • grand opening — celebratory first-day event
  • grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
  • grand prairie — a city in NE Texas.
  • granite paper — paper containing fibers of various colors that give it a granitelike appearance.
  • grantsmanship — skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
  • grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
  • grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
  • group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
  • group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
  • growing pains — If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.
  • guinea pepper — grain of paradise.
  • hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
  • hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
  • haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
  • heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
  • heating power — power that can be used to heat something
  • heir apparent — an heir whose right is indefeasible, provided he or she survives the ancestor.
  • heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
  • hemp agrimony — a European composite plant, Eupatorium cannabinum, having dull purplish flowers.
  • herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
  • herniorrhaphy — correction of a hernia by a suturing procedure.
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
  • heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
  • hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
  • highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
  • horripilation — a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.
  • house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
  • housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
  • hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
  • hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
  • hypercinnabar — (mineral) A form of cinnabar that forms hexagonal crystals.
  • hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
  • hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
  • hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
  • hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
  • hypernatremia — an abnormally high concentration of sodium in the blood.
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