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13-letter words containing r, e, s, i, l, n

  • non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
  • non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
  • nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
  • nondisclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
  • nonperishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • nonreversible — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
  • nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
  • normal series — a collection of subgroups of a given group so arranged that the first subgroup is the identity, the last subgroup is the group itself, and each subgroup is a normal subgroup of the succeeding subgroup.
  • north sea oil — oil extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
  • northerliness — The quality of being northerly.
  • nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
  • numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
  • observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • old ironsides — the U.S. frigate Constitution (used as a nickname).
  • olefin series — alkene series.
  • omnipresently — In an omnipresent manner.
  • ordinal scale — a scale on which data is shown simply in order of magnitude since there is no standard of measurement of differences: for instance, a squash ladder is an ordinal scale since one can say only that one person is better than another, but not by how much
  • organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
  • originalities — Plural form of originality.
  • ornamentalism — the desire or tendency to feature ornament in the design of buildings, interiors, furnishings, etc.
  • ornamentalist — A person who ornaments.
  • orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
  • painterliness — the quality of being painterly
  • paleosiberian — a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the unrelated language isolates Ket, Nivkh, and Yukaghir; Paleo-Asiatic.
  • pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
  • passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
  • paternalistic — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
  • pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • pencil stripe — a stripe of varying widths, especially a dark stripe on a light ground.
  • pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
  • peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
  • persian lilac — an Asian lilac, Syringa persica, having pale reddish-purple flowers.
  • persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
  • personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • personalities — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
  • phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
  • phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
  • pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
  • piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
  • pilsner-glass — a pale, light lager beer.
  • pinellas park — a city in W central Florida.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • pluripresence — presence in more than one place at the same time
  • polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
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