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13-letter words containing u, n, a, r, t

  • picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
  • plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
  • planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • platiniridium — a natural alloy composed chiefly of platinum and iridium.
  • plural voting — right to vote more than once
  • pluralization — to receive or take a plural form.
  • pneumatograph — pneumograph.
  • pneumatometer — an instrument for measuring either the quantity of air inhaled or exhaled during a single inspiration or expiration or the force of inspiration or expiration.
  • pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
  • pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
  • popular front — a coalition, usually temporary, of leftist and sometimes centrist political parties, formed against a common opponent, as fascism, and promoting social reform.
  • port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
  • postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • potter around — If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying.
  • pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
  • prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
  • preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
  • present value — current monetary worth
  • preternatural — out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal: preternatural powers.
  • pretournament — occurring prior to a tournament
  • product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
  • pronunciation — Rare. an act or instance of declaring publicly; pronouncement: It was but the latest pronunciation of the political double-standard uttered in the course of this scandal. Synonyms: declaration, assertion, statement; announcement, affirmation; proclamation, promulgation, dissemination.
  • 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.
  • protoactinium — protactinium.
  • protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
  • prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
  • pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • puritan spoon — a silver spoon having an ovoid bowl and a straight, flat, completely plain stem.
  • purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
  • pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
  • quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
  • quantity mark — a mark that is placed above a vowel or syllable to indicate its duration or length
  • quarantinable — Subject to quarantine; under quarantine.
  • quarter grain — the grain appearing in quartersawed wood.
  • quarter point — the fourth part of the distance between any two adjacent points of the 32 marked on a compass, being 2° 48′ 45″.
  • quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
  • quarter round — a molding, as on an ovolo, whose section is a quarter circle.
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