13-letter words containing p, i, n, t, u, r
- tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
- torsion group — a group in which every element has finite order.
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
- triple-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
- turning piece — a wooden pattern for an arch built without centering.
- turning point — a point at which a decisive change takes place; critical point; crisis.
- tyrian purple — Also called Tyrian dye. a highly prized crimson or purple dye of classical antiquity, originally obtained at great expense from a certain shellfish: later shown to be an indigo derivative and synthetically produced, and now replaced by other synthetic dyes.
- unappreciated — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- unappropriate — not appropriate or suitable
- uncircumspect — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- uncooperating — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- undepreciated — to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
- 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.
- undescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- undistempered — not diseased; free from illness
- unicorn plant — a North American plant, Proboscidea (Martynia) louisianica, having creamy-white to red flowers blotched with purple, and a woody capsule with a long, curved beak.
- unimpregnated — not saturated, soaked or infused (with something)
- uninterpreted — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- uninterrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
- uniparentally — in a uniparental manner
- unparasitized — not host to a parasite or parasites
- unpasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- unperceptible — capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.
- unpicturesque — not visually pleasing; not striking or beautiful
- unpracticable — impracticable.
- unpredictable — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unpredictably — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unpretentious — not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
- unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
- unprovocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- unrepatriated — to bring or send back (a person, especially a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship.
- unrepentingly — in an unrepenting or impenitent manner
- unspiritually — in an unspiritual manner
- untrespassing — not trespassing or infringing
- up in the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- upright piano — a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically. Compare spinet (def 1).
- uranite group — the mineralogical group including uranites and related minerals.
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- zinjanthropus — the genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned.