13-letter words containing p, e, g, a, n, t
- protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
- pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
- raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
- reagent strip — A reagent strip is a thin piece of paper impregnated with a reagent (= a substance that causes a chemical reaction) to a specific substance, used in testing for that substance in a body of fluid.
- reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- regent's park — a park in central London, laid out as Marylebone Park by John Nash; now known for the London Zoo, its open-air theatre, and Nash's curved terraces
- 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.
- resting place — grave
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- 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.
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- speaking part — a part in which the character speaks scripted dialogue
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- speaking type — a device on a medal or coin that has a punning reference to a person or thing.
- special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
- speed skating — ice skating as a form of racing, usually on an oval course and against other competitors or the clock.
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- star-spangled — spangled with stars.
- 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
- steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
- stepparenting — parenting within a stepfamily
- straighten up — stand straighter
- stranger rape — sexual assault by an assailant upon a person he or she does not know.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
- tangent plane — tangent (def 4).
- tangoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by touch.
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
- temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
- the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
- tone painting — musical description, by harmonic, melodic, or rhythmic means, of the words of a text or the story elements in program music.
- tracing paper — a thin, transparent paper for making tracings.
- trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
- tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
- tungsten lamp — an incandescent electric lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten.
- uncooperating — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- underpainting — the first coat of paint, especially the initial painting on a canvas in which the major areas, tones, colors, and forms are indicated in mass.
- unimpregnated — not saturated, soaked or infused (with something)
- untrespassing — not trespassing or infringing
- uranite group — the mineralogical group including uranites and related minerals.
- valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
- vantage point — a position or place that affords a wide or advantageous perspective; viewpoint: to survey a valley from the vantage point of a high hill.