13-letter words containing p, a, r, l, n
- purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- quadruple run — a set of five cards consisting of a three-card run plus two other cards that duplicate different denominations in the run, as 5,5,6,6,7, worth 16 points.
- raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- real presence — the doctrine that the substance of the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist.
- reapplication — an act or the process of reapplying a substance
- recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- 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.
- release print — Movies. print (def 31).
- repeater loan — a loan lent to someone who has already borrowed
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- 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.
- republicanism — republican government.
- republicanize — to make republican.
- republication — publication anew.
- resting place — grave
- rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- rolling paper — cigarette paper available in small packages to smokers for rolling their own cigarettes.
- route planner — a book of road maps
- rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
- salad spinner — a utensil used for drying washed salad or vegetables that consists of a plastic basket inside a plastic bowl. The salad is placed in the basket and the outer bowl is then spun using a device such as a gear-operated handle or pull cord, and this spinning then separates water from the salad.
- saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
- sardanapalian — excessively luxurious or sensual.
- satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
- selenographer — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- self-apparent — clear and evident without need of further evidence
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- single parent — mother or father without a partner
- single-parent — of or noting a family in which a parent brings up a child or children alone, without a partner: a single-parent family; a single-parent household.
- sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
- sleeping area — an area in a room or house where people can sleep
- slip trailing — the act of decorating an object with a poured stream of slip.
- slipper satin — a fine satin fabric with a mat finish
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
- spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
- spiral casing — a spiral passage for directing the water from a penstock around a water turbine and into the rotor.
- spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
- spiral spring — a form of spring consisting of a wire coiled in a helix.
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spotter plane — an aircraft used in observing enemy movements or the accuracy of fire on a target
- spring a leak — to develop a leak