13-letter words containing n, e, u, r, c
- percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- pet insurance — health insurance for a pet
- petrocurrency — money, paid in dollars, earned by a country for the exporting of petroleum
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- pluripresence — presence in more than one place at the same time
- plus juncture — open juncture.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- pre-encounter — to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
- preproduction — Movies. the steps necessary to prepare a film for production, as casting, choosing locations, and designing sets and costumes.
- prepubescence — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- press cutting — an article or picture from a newspaper about someone or something
- pressure cone — a small, radially striated rock structure produced by intense shock, such as generated by meteorite impact.
- price cutting — the act or practice of cutting prices
- prince rupert — Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- pronouncement — a formal or authoritative statement.
- proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- puncture vine — a caltrop, Tribulus terrestris, having spiny fruit that can puncture tires.
- puncture weed — a caltrop, Tribulus terrestris, having spiny fruit that can puncture tires.
- puritan ethic — work ethic.
- purkinje cell — a large, densely branching neuron in the cerebellar cortex of the brain.
- 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 consort — the wife of a ruling king.
- quincentenary — a 500th anniversary or its celebration.
- raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
- rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
- re-instructed — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- reacquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.