13-letter words containing p, u, t, r, e
- prince rupert — Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- private trust — a trust designed for the benefit of a designated or known individual (opposed to charitable trust).
- probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
- procuratorate — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
- pronouncement — a formal or authoritative statement.
- proper subset — a subset that excludes at least one member of the containing set
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
- proton number — the number of positive charges or protons in the nucleus of an atom of a given element, and therefore also the number of electrons normally surrounding the nucleus. Symbol: Z. Abbreviation: at. no.;
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
- puerto cortes — a seaport in NW Honduras.
- pull together — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- 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.
- pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
- puritan ethic — work ethic.
- purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
- purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
- 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).
- quadripartite — divided into or consisting of four parts.
- quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- quality press — the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
- quarter plate — a photographic plate measuring 31⁄4 × 41⁄4 inches (8.3 × 10.8 cm)
- 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
- quarter-phase — differing in phase by a quarter of a cycle; two-phase.
- quasi-private — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
- quaterpolymer — A copolymer derived from four species of monomer.
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- 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.
- repetitiously — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
- republication — publication anew.
- repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.