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13-letter words containing s, p, u, t, n

  • postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
  • postliminious — subsequently undertaken
  • postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • postpubescent — a young person in his or her early teens.
  • postulational — to ask, demand, or claim.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • present value — current monetary worth
  • press cutting — an article or picture from a newspaper about someone or something
  • pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • preuniversity — of the period before attending university
  • pro-communist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
  • protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
  • 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.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
  • pudding stone — conglomerate (def 3).
  • punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
  • punjab states — (formerly) a group of states in NW India, amalgamated in 1956 with Punjab state
  • puritan spoon — a silver spoon having an ovoid bowl and a straight, flat, completely plain stem.
  • purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
  • pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
  • pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
  • quickstepping — Present participle of quickstep.
  • revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
  • rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
  • saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
  • scapulimantic — relating to scapulimancy
  • scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
  • self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
  • serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • sesquiterpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • sleeping suit — an all-in-one outfit that babies and young children sleep in
  • slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
  • spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spiritousness — the state of being spiritous
  • splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
  • spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • sports ground — an area of land where sports are played
  • sports injury — wound sustained while playing sport
  • 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.
  • spotted skunk — either of two small, nocturnal skunks of the genus Spilogale, distinguished by a white forehead patch and a luxuriant coat of broken stripes and spots, including S. putorius of temperate North America and S. pygmaea of Mexico.
  • 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.
  • sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
  • stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
  • standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
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