13-letter words containing p, r, e, i, n
- temporariness — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- temporization — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
- terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- texture paint — a finish paint having an insoluble additive, as sand, for giving a slightly rough textural effect.
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
- three-pointer — Basketball. a field goal worth three points, made from behind a specified line (three-point line)
- 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.
- to perfection — impeccably, perfectly
- tracing paper — a thin, transparent paper for making tracings.
- traded option — an option that can itself be bought and sold on a stock exchange
- train spotter — a person who collects the numbers of railway locomotives
- transcriptase — RNA polymerase.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
- tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
- trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
- triple-nerved — noting a leaf in which two prominent nerves emerge from the middle nerve a little above its base.
- 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.
- tripping line — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- tropic-cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- tropical zone — Torrid Zone
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- turning piece — a wooden pattern for an arch built without centering.
- 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.
- umbrella pine — a Japanese evergreen tree, Sciadopitys verticillata, having linear leaves growing in umbrellalike whorls, cultivated as an ornamental.
- unappreciable — sufficient to be readily perceived or estimated; considerable: There is an appreciable difference between socialism and communism.
- unappreciated — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- unappropriate — not appropriate or suitable
- uncircumspect — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- 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).
- under pain of — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- under-packing — the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
- underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
- underoccupied — not having enough to do or to engage one's attention
- 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.
- underpinnings — a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
- underspending — the process or fact of spending less than one can afford or is allocated
- undescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- undistempered — not diseased; free from illness
- unexperienced — wise or skillful in a particular field through experience: an experienced teacher.
- unimpregnated — not saturated, soaked or infused (with something)
- unimpressible — not capable of being or willing to be impressed
- uninterpreted — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.