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

  • deprotonation — (chemistry) The removal of a proton (hydrogen ion) from a molecule to form a conjugate base.
  • deptford pink — a plant, Dianthus armeria, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having slender, erect stems and leaves and clusters of small, bright pink flowers.
  • depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
  • desperateness — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
  • dessert spoon — A dessert spoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
  • dessertspoons — Plural form of dessertspoon.
  • diaphanometer — an instrument used to measure transparency, esp of the atmosphere
  • dinitrophenol — any of the six isomers consisting of phenol where two hydrogen atoms are substituted by nitro groups, C 6 H 4 N 2 O 5 , used in dyes and wood preservatives, and in biochemistry to uncouple oxidative phosphorylation.
  • disparagement — the act of disparaging.
  • disparateness — The degree to which a thing is disparate.
  • disreputation — disrepute.
  • disrespecting — Present participle of disrespect.
  • diving petrel — any of several small seabirds of the family Pelecanoididae, of Southern Hemisphere seas, having compact bodies, tubelike processes near the nostrils, and usually drab plumage.
  • draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
  • drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
  • dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
  • e-proposition — a universal negative proposition
  • ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
  • earl palatine — count palatine (def 2).
  • east paterson — former name of Elmwood Park (def 2).
  • east prussian — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
  • electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
  • electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
  • electrotyping — The act or process of making electrotypes.
  • elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
  • enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
  • enantiomorphy — the state of being enantiomorphic
  • enantiotropic — relating to enantiotropy
  • endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
  • endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
  • enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
  • enteropathies — Plural form of enteropathy.
  • entrance ramp — a short road connecting a motorway, etc, to another road
  • entrepreneurs — Plural form of entrepreneur.
  • entrepreneuse — a female entrepreneur
  • epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
  • epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
  • equipartition — the equal division of the energy of a system in thermal equilibrium between different degrees of freedom. This principle was assumed to be exact in classical physics, but quantum theory shows that it is true only in certain special cases
  • equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
  • equiponderate — To counterbalance.
  • ethnographers — Plural form of ethnographer.
  • ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
  • ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
  • european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
  • eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
  • even-tempered — mild mannered
  • exasperations — Plural form of exasperation.
  • expectorating — Present participle of expectorate.
  • expectoration — The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.
  • expeditionary — Of or forming an expedition, especially a military expedition.
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