13-letter words containing p, r, e, i, l, y
- pre-eminently — Pre-eminently means to a very great extent.
- precipitately — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- preferability — more desirable.
- prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- preliminarily — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- premonitorily — in a premonitory manner
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- presentiality — the state of being present
- prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- primary metal — metal derived directly from ore rather than from scrap.
- primary xylem — xylem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
- pro-celebrity — (of a golf tournament, snooker tournament, etc) involving both professional players and celebrities
- progressively — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- prohibitively — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
- proleptically — anticipatorily
- proliferously — by proliferation
- prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- proprietarily — belonging to a proprietor.
- prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- protriptyline — a white to yellow powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 N, used for the treatment of depression.
- provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- pyrheliometer — an instrument for measuring the total intensity of the sun's energy radiation.
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- quality press — the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
- 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.
- receptibility — the quality or condition of being receptible
- reciprocality — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- rectipetality — the tendency of growing in a straight line
- repairability — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- repeatability — to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis.
- repetitiously — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- replicability — the quality or state of being replicable
- river lamprey — Lampetra fluviatilis; a jawless fish
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
- slippery dick — a wrasse, Halichoeres bivittatus, inhabiting tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- spoiler party — a third political party formed to draw votes away from one of the two major parties, thus spoiling its chance of winning an election.
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.