13-letter words containing p, r, a, e, n
- east prussian — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
- enantiomorphy — the state of being enantiomorphic
- enantiotropic — relating to enantiotropy
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
- enteropathies — Plural form of enteropathy.
- entrance ramp — a short road connecting a motorway, etc, to another road
- ephemeralness — The quality of being ephemeral or transitory.
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- equipartition — the equal division of the energy of a system in thermal equilibrium between different degrees of freedom. This principle was assumed to be exact in classical physics, but quantum theory shows that it is true only in certain special cases
- equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
- equiponderate — To counterbalance.
- ethnographers — Plural form of ethnographer.
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- european plan — a hotel rate of charging covering room and service but not meals
- european sole — Solea solea, a tongue-shaped flatfish of the family Soleidae, also known as Dover sole or common sole: prefers shallow waters and is highly valued as a food fish
- european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
- european wasp — a large black-and-yellow banded wasp, Vespula germanica, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia, now established in Australasia and the US
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- evening paper — a newspaper that comes out in the evening
- exasperations — Plural form of exasperation.
- exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
- expectorating — Present participle of expectorate.
- expectoration — The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
- expeditionary — Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition.
- explanatorily — With regard to explanatory power.
- explorational — Of, pertaining to, or by means of exploration.
- express train — a fast train
- expropriating — Present participle of expropriate.
- expropriation — The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights.
- extrapersonal — Outside of a person; beyond what is personal or individual.
- extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
- extrapolation — (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
- extraposition — placement of something outside something else
- fairy penguin — a small penguin, Eudyptula minor, with a bluish head and back, found on the Australian coast
- fanfold paper — continuous paper perforated at regular intervals, as used in a dot-matrix printer
- ferry company — a company that operates a ferry or ferries
- fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
- flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
- fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
- foster parent — a foster father or foster mother.