13-letter words containing p, r, a, e, n
- contraceptive — A contraceptive method or device is a method or a device which a woman uses to prevent herself from becoming pregnant.
- contre-partie — (in buhlwork) an inlay composed of a design in tortoise shell on a background of brass.
- control panel — the part of a machine or piece of equipment that houses the controls
- convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- copper-fasten — to make (a bargain or agreement) binding
- cor pulmonale — pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
- corporateness — the state of being a corporate body
- corporealness — The state or quality of being corporeal.
- corsican pine — a pine tree, a variant of the black pine Pinus nigra var maritime, originally native to Corsica and neighbouring Mediterranean regions
- cotransporter — (biochemistry) An integral membrane protein that actively transports molecules by using the concentration gradient of one molecule or ion concentration to force the other molecule or ion against its gradient.
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
- counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
- craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
- crape jasmine — a shrub, Tabernaemontana divaricata, native to India, having white flowers that are fragrant at night.
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- creep-grazing — a method of pasture management that allows young farm animals (esp lambs) to graze part of the pasture before the adults in the group
- crepe bandage — a bandage made of light cotton crepe
- crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
- crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
- cup and cover — a turning used in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and resembling a goblet with a domed cover.
- cyproconazole — (organic compound) The conazole fungicide \u03b1-(4-chlorophenyl)-\u03b1-(1-cyclopropylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol.
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- dance therapy — the use of dance or movement for therapeutic purposes; a form of therapy in which people are encouraged to express their feelings through dance or movement.
- decrepitating — Present participle of decrepitate.
- decrepitation — to roast or calcine (salt, minerals, etc.) so as to cause crackling or until crackling ceases.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- deprivatizing — Present participle of deprivatize.
- deprotonation — (chemistry) The removal of a proton (hydrogen ion) from a molecule to form a conjugate base.
- desperateness — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
- diaphanometer — an instrument used to measure transparency, esp of the atmosphere
- disappearance — the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist.
- discrepancies — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- disparagement — the act of disparaging.
- disparateness — The degree to which a thing is disparate.
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- disreputation — disrepute.
- doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
- draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
- drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
- drawing paper — artist's paper for drawing and sketching
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- earl palatine — count palatine (def 2).
- earning power — business: ability to profit
- east paterson — former name of Elmwood Park (def 2).