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13-letter words containing p, r, e, n, a, t

  • proportionate — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
  • proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
  • protestantize — to convert or cause to conform to Protestantism.
  • protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
  • prove a point — If you prove a point, you show other people that you know something or can do something, although your action may have no other purpose.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
  • prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
  • pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
  • pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
  • 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″.
  • quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
  • raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
  • ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
  • rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
  • re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
  • re-acceptance — the act of taking or receiving something offered.
  • 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.
  • reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
  • reciprocation — an act or instance of reciprocating.
  • recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
  • recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
  • regent's park — a park in central London, laid out as Marylebone Park by John Nash; now known for the London Zoo, its open-air theatre, and Nash's curved terraces
  • 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.
  • reincorporate — to incorporate again
  • release print — Movies. print (def 31).
  • repeater loan — a loan lent to someone who has already borrowed
  • repetitionary — of the nature of repetition, repetitious
  • representable — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
  • representamen — (in semiotics) a sign or signifier, whether physical or otherwise, which points to an object
  • repristinated — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
  • resting place — grave
  • revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
  • rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
  • route planner — a book of road maps
  • rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
  • saint peter's — a basilica in Vatican City: dome designed by Michelangelo.
  • saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
  • satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
  • scene painter — a person who paints scenery in a theatre
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