13-letter words containing p, r, e, o, t, n
- 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.
- recomposition — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- redescription — the act of redescribing
- redevelopment — the act or process of redeveloping.
- 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.
- 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
- repeater loan — a loan lent to someone who has already borrowed
- repetitionary — of the nature of repetition, repetitious
- reporter gene — a gene with an easily recognizable phenotype, used in analysing the regulation of gene structures
- repositioning — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- repressionist — an advocate of repression; someone who argues for or holds to repressive measures
- republication — publication anew.
- repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
- response time — Psychology. the time consumed in making a response.
- retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- retrospection — the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
- rewriteperson — rewriteman.
- round-tripper — a home run.
- route planner — a book of road maps
- rumelgumption — commonsense
- rumlegumption — commonsense
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
- sea transport — transport by ship over the sea
- secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- septentriones — the seven stars of the Plough, the Great Bear
- serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- spermatotoxin — spermotoxin.
- spheristerion — an area designated for ballplay
- 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.
- spiritousness — the state of being spiritous
- sports centre — a place where people take part in sports
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spotter plane — an aircraft used in observing enemy movements or the accuracy of fire on a target
- spread option — spread (def 25b).
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message