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13-letter words containing p, r, e, t, f

  • power takeoff — an accessory unit or apparatus attached to an engine-powered machine and powered by the engine. Abbreviation: PTO.
  • predefinition — the process or action of defining in advance; an advance definition
  • prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
  • preferability — more desirable.
  • prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
  • prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
  • prefix syntax — prefix notation
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
  • prescientific — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
  • preterperfect — the past perfect (grammatical) tense
  • prize fighter — A prize fighter is a boxer who fights to win money.
  • profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
  • professoriate — a group of professors.
  • profit center — a segment of a business organization that has a profitable base independent of the business as a whole.
  • profit centre — a unit or department of a company that is responsible for its costs and its profits
  • profit motive — the desire for profit that motivates one to engage in business ventures.
  • proliferation — the growth or production of cells by multiplication of parts.
  • reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
  • relief troops — soldiers sent to an area of conflict or a disaster area in order to provide aid or assistance there
  • reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
  • ripple effect — a spreading effect or series of consequences caused by a single action or event.
  • self-apparent — clear and evident without need of further evidence
  • self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
  • shape-shifter — a creature or thing that can change shape at will or that does so under certain conditions
  • snap fastener — A snap fastener is a small metal object used to fasten clothes, made up of two parts which can be pressed together.
  • specrate_fp92 — (benchmark)   A benchmark result derived from the results of a set of floating-point benchmarks (the geometric mean of 14 SPEC rates from CFP92) run multiple times simultaneously, which can be used to estimate a machine's overall multi-tasking throughput for floating-point code. It is typically used on multiprocessor machines. SPECrate_fp92 obsoletes SPECfpThruput89.
  • splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • spotted fever — any of several fevers characterized by spots on the skin, especially as in cerebrospinal meningitis or typhus fever.
  • stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
  • subprefecture — the office or position of subprefect
  • sulfate paper — paper made from sulfate pulp.
  • sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
  • superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
  • superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
  • superfortress — a heavy, long-range, four-engined bomber used during World War II.
  • superterrific — more than terrific
  • surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
  • telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
  • to perfection — impeccably, perfectly
  • triple figure — a number made up of three digits.
  • turn of speed — If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
  • typhoid fever — Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
  • ultrapowerful — extremely powerful
  • unperfectness — the state or quality of being imperfect
  • venus flytrap — firewall machine
  • wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
  • water-proofed — impervious to water.
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