13-letter words containing o, r, n, e, y
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- potty trained — Potty trained means the same as toilet trained.
- powder monkey — (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns.
- pre-inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- preemployment — being required or accomplished before an employee begins a new job: a preemployment medical exam.
- premonitorily — in a premonitory manner
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- pride and joy — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- processionary — of, relating to, or moving in a procession
- proparoxytone — having an accent or heavy stress on the antepenultimate syllable.
- property bond — a bond issued by a life-assurance company, the premiums for which are invested in a property-owning fund
- property porn — a genre of escapist TV programmes, magazine features, etc, showing desirable properties for sale, esp those in idyllic rural locations, or in need of renovation, or both
- protriptyline — a white to yellow powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 N, used for the treatment of depression.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- re-employment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
- relay station — a radio station that receives radio signals and retransmits them, in order to extend their range
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- remonstratory — characterized by protest or expostulation
- repetitionary — of the nature of repetition, repetitious
- resynchronize — to synchronize again
- retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
- roentgenology — the branch of medicine dealing with diagnosis and therapy through x-rays.
- rotary engine — an engine, as a turbine, in which the impelling fluid produces torque directly rather than by acting upon reciprocating parts.
- royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
- saint gregory — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- screen memory — a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.
- secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
- security zone — an area controlled by security forces
- send away for — order by post
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- single-storey — (of a building) having only one floor or level
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- somatosensory — of or relating to sensations that involve parts of the body not associated with the primary sense organs.
- spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
- spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
- stentoriously — stentorian.