13-letter words containing p, r, e, i, n
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- provincialize — to make provincial in character.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- pruning knife — a knife used for pruning
- prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
- pulling power — the ability to attract and influence other people
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- puncture vine — a caltrop, Tribulus terrestris, having spiny fruit that can puncture tires.
- puritan ethic — work ethic.
- purkinje cell — a large, densely branching neuron in the cerebellar cortex of the brain.
- purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
- purple mombin — a tree, Spondias purpurea, of tropical America, having clusters of purple or greenish flowers and yellow or dark red fruit that is edible either raw or cooked.
- purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
- putting green — green (def 24).
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- pyrimethamine — a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
- 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
- raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
- ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
- re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
- re-experience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
- re-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- reading speed — the rate at which something is read, often expressed in terms of words per minute. Reading speed is usually determined by the purpose of reading (for comprehension, learning, memorization, etc)
- reagent strip — A reagent strip is a thin piece of paper impregnated with a reagent (= a substance that causes a chemical reaction) to a specific substance, used in testing for that substance in a body of fluid.
- 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.
- receptiveness — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- reciprocation — an act or instance of reciprocating.
- 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.
- 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.
- referred pain — pain felt in an area remote from the site of origin.
- 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.
- reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
- reincorporate — to incorporate again
- reinterpreted — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- release print — Movies. print (def 31).
- repercussions — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.