13-letter words containing p, r
- anthroposophy — the spiritual and mystical teachings of Rudolph Steiner, based on the belief that creative activities such as myth making, which formed a part of life in earlier times, are psychologically valuable, esp for educational and therapeutic purposes
- anti-european — opposed to the European Union or to political union of the countries of Europe
- antiapartheid — (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid former policy of segregating and economically and politically oppressing the nonwhite population.
- anticorporate — opposed to the activities or practices of big business
- antiempirical — Going against what is empirically true.
- antinephritic — acting against kidney disease
- antiparasitic — acting against infection by parasites
- antiparticles — Plural form of antiparticle.
- antipersonnel — (of weapons, etc) designed to cause casualties to personnel rather than to destroy equipment or defences
- antiphonaries — Plural form of antiphonary.
- antiprotozoal — (medicine) That inhibits or destroys protozoa.
- antipruritics — Plural form of antipruritic.
- apatosauruses — Plural form of apatosaur.
- aperiodically — In an aperiodic way.
- aperitif-wine — a small drink of alcoholic liquor taken to stimulate the appetite before a meal.
- aperture card — a punched-card mounting for microfilmed pages.
- aperture mask — a perforated metal plate situated behind the faceplate of a color television picture tube and having holes aligned to insure that each of three electron beams strikes only its corresponding red, green, or blue phosphor dot.
- aphanipterous — of or relating to the wingless insects of the order Aphaniptera
- apheliotropic — growing in a direction away from the sunlight
- aphrodisiacal — having an aphrodisiac quality
- apicoalveolar — articulated with the tip of the tongue in contact with or in approximation to the alveolar ridge.
- apocryphalist — A member of the group who supported the inclusion of the Apocrypha in the Bible.
- apogeotropism — negative geotropism, as shown by plant stems
- apoplectiform — of or resembling apoplexy or stroke.
- apostrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of apostrophize.
- apostrophizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apostrophize.
- apparent time — Astronomy. local time measured by the hour angle of the sun.
- apparent wind — (wind), the velocity of air as measured from a moving object, as a ship.
- apparentement — a coalition formed between political parties during an election.
- appeals court — An appeals court is the same as an appellate court.
- apperceptions — Plural form of apperception.
- appersonation — the unconscious assumption of the personality characteristics of another, usually well known, person.
- apple fritter — a piece of apple covered in batter and deep fried
- apple of peru — a plant, Nicandra physalodes, of the nightshade family, having large blue flowers.
- apple orchard — an orchard planted with apple trees
- apple-knocker — Northern U.S. a rustic.
- appoggiaturas — Plural form of appoggiatura.
- apportionable — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- apportionment — the act of apportioning
- appreciatable — (chiefly,esthetics) That can be appreciated or enjoyed.
- appreciations — Plural form of appreciation.
- apprehendable — That can be apprehended.
- apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
- apprehensibly — In an apprehensive manner; cautiously.
- apprehensions — Plural form of apprehension.
- apprenticeage — (obsolete) Apprenticeship.
- approach path — the course followed by an aircraft preparing for landing
- approach road — an access road to a house, station, airport, village etc
- approach shot — a shot made to or towards the green after a tee shot
- appropinquate — to approach