13-letter words containing r, e, p, u, g, n
- prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
- protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
- pruning knife — a knife used for pruning
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- pulling power — the ability to attract and influence other people
- purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
- putting green — green (def 24).
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- 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.
- rumelgumption — commonsense
- rumlegumption — commonsense
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- sponge rubber — a light, spongy rubber, usually prepared by bubbling carbon dioxide through or whipping air into latex, used for padding, insulation, gaskets, etc.; foam rubber.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- straighten up — stand straighter
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- superregional — involving many regions
- superstrength — great strength
- supersurgeons — highly skilled surgeon
- supreme being — God.
- tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
- triple-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
- turning piece — a wooden pattern for an arch built without centering.
- uncooperating — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- under-packing — the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
- underpainting — the first coat of paint, especially the initial painting on a canvas in which the major areas, tones, colors, and forms are indicated in mass.
- underpinnings — a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
- underspending — the process or fact of spending less than one can afford or is allocated
- unimpregnated — not saturated, soaked or infused (with something)
- unplagiarized — to take and use by plagiarism.
- unprogressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- unrepentingly — in an unrepenting or impenitent manner
- unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
- untrespassing — not trespassing or infringing
- uranite group — the mineralogical group including uranites and related minerals.
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- women's group — A women's group is a group of women who meet regularly, usually in order to organize campaigns.