13-letter words containing u, n, p, e
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- pruning knife — a knife used for pruning
- prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
- pseudoscience — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- pucciniaceous — (of a fungus) belonging to the genus Puccinia
- pudding stone — conglomerate (def 3).
- pulling power — the ability to attract and influence other people
- pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
- pulselessness — the state of having no pulse
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pumpkinheaded — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- puncture vine — a caltrop, Tribulus terrestris, having spiny fruit that can puncture tires.
- puncture weed — a caltrop, Tribulus terrestris, having spiny fruit that can puncture tires.
- punjab states — (formerly) a group of states in NW India, amalgamated in 1956 with Punjab state
- pure new wool — the best wool or wool blended fibres
- puritan ethic — work ethic.
- purkinje cell — a large, densely branching neuron in the cerebellar cortex of the brain.
- purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
- purple mombin — a tree, Spondias purpurea, of tropical America, having clusters of purple or greenish flowers and yellow or dark red fruit that is edible either raw or cooked.
- 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.
- put an end to — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- putting green — green (def 24).
- quadruple run — a set of five cards consisting of a three-card run plus two other cards that duplicate different denominations in the run, as 5,5,6,6,7, worth 16 points.
- quaking aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- quanah parker — (Quanah Parker) 1845?–1911, Comanche leader.
- quandary peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains, NE of Leadville. 14,265 feet (4348 meters).
- 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
- queens puzzle — eight queens puzzle
- queue-jumping — If you accuse someone of queue-jumping, you mean that they are trying to get to the front of a queue or waiting list unfairly.
- quickstepping — Present participle of quickstep.
- quintuplicate — a group, series, or set of five copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten matter.
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
- repercussions — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- republicanism — republican government.
- republicanize — to make republican.
- republication — publication anew.
- repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
- revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
- round-tripper — a home run.
- route planner — a book of road maps
- rumelgumption — commonsense
- rumlegumption — commonsense
- 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