13-letter words containing p, e, r, i, o
- purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- pyrheliometer — an instrument for measuring the total intensity of the sun's energy radiation.
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- quarter point — the fourth part of the distance between any two adjacent points of the 32 marked on a compass, being 2° 48′ 45″.
- racing pigeon — a pigeon bred and trained for the sport of pigeon racing
- radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- radioteletype — Also called radioteletypewriter [rey-dee-oh-tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, -tel-i-tahyp-rahy-] /ˌreɪ di oʊˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, -ˈtɛl ɪ taɪpˌraɪ-/ (Show IPA). a teletypewriter equipped for transmitting or receiving messages by radio instead of wire.
- re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
- re-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
- re-prioritize — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- realpolitiker — someone who practises or believes in realpolitik
- reapplication — an act or the process of reapplying a substance
- reappointment — a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement: We made an appointment to meet again.
- reappropriate — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- reciprocality — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reciprocation — an act or instance of reciprocating.
- reciprocative — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
- recomposition — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- recompression — the act or process of compressing something again
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- recordkeeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- recovery ship — a naval vessel designed to participate in the retrieval of a satellite, instrument package, or spaceship after it has re-entered the atmosphere and landed in the ocean
- redescription — the act of redescribing
- redisposition — the withdrawal and redistribution of armed forces with the aim of more effective use
- 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.
- rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
- reincorporate — to incorporate again
- relief troops — soldiers sent to an area of conflict or a disaster area in order to provide aid or assistance there
- repercussions — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- repetitionary — of the nature of repetition, repetitious
- repetitiously — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- repositioning — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- repressionist — an advocate of repression; someone who argues for or holds to repressive measures
- reprographics — reprography.
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
- republication — publication anew.
- repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
- respirometric — of or relating to respirometers or respirometry
- response time — Psychology. the time consumed in making a response.
- retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- retrospection — the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
- retrospective — directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
- rewriteperson — rewriteman.
- rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.