13-letter words containing p, r, e, i
- nail clippers — tool for cutting finger- and toenails
- name-dropping — the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.
- nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
- necktie party — a lynching or other execution by hanging.
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- nephrectomize — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- nephridiopore — The external opening of a nephridium.
- nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
- nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.
- nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
- neuroatypical — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
- neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
- new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
- niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
- nincompoopery — a fool or simpleton.
- nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
- non-empirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- non-reception — the act of receiving or the state of being received.
- non-receptive — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- non-recipient — a person or thing that receives; receiver: the recipient of a prize.
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- noncompetitor — a person or group that is not a competitor
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nondispersive — not dispersive
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
- nonparametric — (of a test or method) not requiring assertions about parameters or about the form of the underlying distribution.
- nonpejorative — Not pejorative.
- nonperceiving — Unperceiving.
- nonperforming — not performing well or properly.
- nonperiodical — a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals.
- nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonpermissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- nonpersistent — persisting, especially in spite of opposition, obstacles, discouragement, etc.; persevering: a most annoyingly persistent young man.
- nonprejudiced — Not prejudiced.
- nonprescribed — Not prescribed.
- nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
- nonproficient — Not proficient.
- nonprofitable — Not profitable; not making profit.
- nonreciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- nonresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- norc compiler — Early system on NORC machine. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- northern pike — a pike, Esox lucius, of North American and Eurasian waters, valued as a game fish.
- nortriptyline — a tricyclic antidepressant drug, C 1 9 H 2 1 N, used to treat depression.