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

  • explanatorily — With regard to explanatory power.
  • explorational — Of, pertaining to, or by means of exploration.
  • express train — a fast train
  • expropriating — Present participle of expropriate.
  • expropriation — The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights.
  • extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
  • extrapolation — (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
  • extraposition — placement of something outside something else
  • fairy penguin — a small penguin, Eudyptula minor, with a bluish head and back, found on the Australian coast
  • fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
  • flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
  • flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
  • fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
  • frame pointer — A pointer to the current activation record in an implementation of a block structured language.
  • freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
  • freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
  • friction tape — a cloth or plastic adhesive tape, containing a moisture-resistant substance, used especially to insulate and protect electrical wires and conductors.
  • fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
  • gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • grand opening — celebratory first-day event
  • grand prairie — a city in NE Texas.
  • granite paper — paper containing fibers of various colors that give it a granitelike appearance.
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
  • grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
  • grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
  • guinea pepper — grain of paradise.
  • hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
  • heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
  • heating power — power that can be used to heat something
  • heir apparent — an heir whose right is indefeasible, provided he or she survives the ancestor.
  • heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
  • hemp agrimony — a European composite plant, Eupatorium cannabinum, having dull purplish flowers.
  • herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
  • herniorrhaphy — correction of a hernia by a suturing procedure.
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
  • heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
  • hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
  • house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
  • housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
  • hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
  • hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
  • hypercinnabar — (mineral) A form of cinnabar that forms hexagonal crystals.
  • hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
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