13-letter words containing s, e, n, p, r, c
- prescientific — of or relating to science or the sciences: scientific studies.
- prescreenings — the act or work of a person who screens, as in ascertaining the character and competence of applicants, employees, etc.
- press cutting — an article or picture from a newspaper about someone or something
- press section — a section or part of an area, as at the scene of a public event, reserved for reporters.
- pressure cone — a small, radially striated rock structure produced by intense shock, such as generated by meteorite impact.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
- prince's pine — pipsissewa
- prince's-pine — pipsissewa.
- princess post — (in a queen truss) one of two vertical suspension members supplementing the queen posts nearer to the ends of the span.
- principalness — the quality or position of being principal
- proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- processionary — of, relating to, or moving in a procession
- procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- progestogenic — relating to progestogen
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- projectionist — an operator of a motion-picture or slide projector.
- protectionism — Economics. the theory, practice, or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.
- protectionist — Economics. the theory, practice, or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.
- 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.
- provence rose — an erect Eurasian shrub, Rosa gallica, of the rose family, having a creeping rootstock, densely prickly and bristly stems, and large, solitary, pink or crimson flowers.
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- re-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
- real presence — the doctrine that the substance of the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist.
- receptiveness — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- recomposition — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- recompression — the act or process of compressing something again
- redescription — the act of redescribing
- reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
- repercussions — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- republicanism — republican government.
- resting place — grave
- retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- retrospection — the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
- scene painter — a person who paints scenery in a theatre
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- schizophrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
- scrivenership — the position of being a scrivener or scribe; scribing
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
- second person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to the one (second person singular) or ones (second person plural) to whom he or she is speaking.
- secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
- selling price — cost at which sth is put up for sale
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- serviceperson — a person who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- severance pay — money, exclusive of wages, back pay, etc., paid to an employee who has tenure and who is dismissed because of lack of work or other reasons beyond the employee's control.
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper