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

  • pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
  • puncture vine — a caltrop, Tribulus terrestris, having spiny fruit that can puncture tires.
  • puncture weed — a caltrop, Tribulus terrestris, having spiny fruit that can puncture tires.
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
  • purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
  • pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
  • putting green — green (def 24).
  • 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.
  • re-employment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
  • re-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
  • 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.
  • receptiveness — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • reinterpreted — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
  • release print — Movies. print (def 31).
  • repeater loan — a loan lent to someone who has already borrowed
  • repetitionary — of the nature of repetition, repetitious
  • replenishment — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • representment — an act of representing or an instance thereof
  • repressionist — an advocate of repression; someone who argues for or holds to repressive measures
  • repristinated — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
  • response time — Psychology. the time consumed in making a response.
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