13-letter words containing r, a, p, e
- amphitheatres — Plural form of amphitheatre.
- amphitheatric — Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling an amphitheatre.
- amphitrichate — having a single flagellum at each end.
- amphotericins — Plural form of amphotericin.
- anchor pocket — a recess in the bow of a vessel, for housing a stockless anchor.
- anchorpersons — Plural form of anchorperson.
- angiospermous — of or relating to an angiosperm; having enclosed seeds.
- anise camphor — anethole.
- anisometropia — an imbalance in the power of the two eyes to refract light
- anisometropic — relating to anisometropia
- annual report — a report presented by the directors of a company to its shareholders each year, containing the profit-and-loss account, the balance sheet, and details of the past year's activity
- annular space — An annular space is a ring-shaped space outside the drillpipe, through which mud and cuttings are removed.
- another place — the other House of Parliament (used in the House of Commons to refer to the House of Lords and vice versa)
- anthropogenic — relating to anthropogenesis
- anthropometer — an instrument that consists of a calibrated, vertical rod to which are attached two horizontal arms, one fixed and one movable, for measuring the human trunk and limbs.
- anthropometry — the comparative study of sizes and proportions of the human body
- anthropophobe — One who dislikes human beings.
- anthropophyte — a plant species accidentally introduced during the cultivation of another
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- apicoalveolar — articulated with the tip of the tongue in contact with or in approximation to the alveolar ridge.
- 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.
- 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