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13-letter words containing s, p, e, c, i, n

  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • post-actinide — transactinide
  • postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
  • postinfection — of, relating to or occurring in the period after infection
  • postinjection — the act of injecting.
  • postrecession — occurring or existing in the period after a recession
  • practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
  • pre-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
  • pre-existence — to exist beforehand.
  • preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
  • preantiseptic — (especially of surgery) noting that period of time before the adoption of the principles of antisepsis (about 1867).
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
  • presanctified — (of the Eucharistic elements) consecrated at a previous Mass.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • provincialise — to make provincial in character.
  • pseudoscience — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
  • psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
  • psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia
  • psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.
  • psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
  • psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
  • psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
  • pucciniaceous — (of a fungus) belonging to the genus Puccinia
  • pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
  • quickstepping — Present participle of quickstep.
  • re-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
  • 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
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