13-letter words containing n, e, s, t, l
- plenum system — a type of air-conditioning system in which air is passed into a room at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- plunket nurse — a child-care nurse appointed by the Plunket Society
- plus juncture — open juncture.
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- point of sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- point-of-sale — the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold: from manufacturer to point-of-sale.
- pole position — a position on the inside of the track in any race.
- pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
- portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
- position line — line of position.
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- prepositional — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
- present value — current monetary worth
- presentiality — the state of being present
- presettlement — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- print spooler — a program that sequences printing jobs by temporarily storing data in a buffer and processing the jobs sequentially.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
- quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
- queen's metal — any of several alloys containing antimony and tin and resembling britannia metal
- questioningly — In a questioning manner.
- radiationless — not emitting or producing radiation
- raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
- re-enlistment — the act or state of being re-enlisted into the armed forces
- re-escalation — the act of re-escalating
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- recalcitrants — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- redissolution — the act of redissolving
- regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- relay station — a radio station that receives radio signals and retransmits them, in order to extend their range
- release agent — chemical lubricant
- release print — Movies. print (def 31).
- reminiscently — awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of): His style of writing is reminiscent of Melville's.
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- rensselaerite — a white or yellow compact variety of talc, used for ornaments
- replenishment — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- representable — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
- residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
- resting place — grave