13-letter words that end in t
- presettlement — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- pressure suit — pressurized suit.
- preterperfect — the past perfect (grammatical) tense
- pretournament — occurring prior to a tournament
- price bracket — a notional range of prices which consumers are prepared to pay for a good
- price support — the maintenance of the price of a commodity, product, etc., especially by means of a public subsidy or government purchase of surpluses.
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- primitive gut — archenteron.
- prince albert — Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- prince regent — a prince who is regent of a country.
- prince rupert — Prince, 1619–82, German Royalist general and admiral in the English Civil War (nephew of Charles I of England).
- princess post — (in a queen truss) one of two vertical suspension members supplementing the queen posts nearer to the ends of the span.
- private trust — a trust designed for the benefit of a designated or known individual (opposed to charitable trust).
- prix goncourt — Goncourt (def 2).
- pro-communist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
- procapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- progovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- progressivist — the principles and practices of progressives.
- projectionist — an operator of a motion-picture or slide projector.
- prolonge knot — a knot consisting of three overlapping loops formed by a single rope passed alternately over and under itself at crossings.
- promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- pronouncement — a formal or authoritative statement.
- proper subset — a subset that excludes at least one member of the containing set
- 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.
- protonotariat — the prelates of the Roman Curia
- prove a point — If you prove a point, you show other people that you know something or can do something, although your action may have no other purpose.
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- provost court — a military court convened in occupied territory under military government, usually composed of one officer and empowered to try military personnel and civilians for minor offenses.
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- psychoanalyst — a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.
- public spirit — active interest in public welfare or the good of the community
- purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
- put to flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
- quality point — Education. grade point.
- quarter point — the fourth part of the distance between any two adjacent points of the 32 marked on a compass, being 2° 48′ 45″.
- quaternionist — a mathematician who works with quaternions
- queen consort — the wife of a ruling king.
- queen regnant — a queen who reigns on her own behalf
- queen's scout — king's scout.
- quinquevalent — pentavalent.
- rabbit's foot — the foot of a rabbit, especially the left hind foot carried as a good-luck charm.
- radical right — the faction representing extreme right-wing political views; ultraconservatives; reactionaries.
- radiesthesist — a practitioner of radiesthesia
- radio contact — communication or contact by means of radio waves
- raffle ticket — a ticket sold in a raffle, representing a chance to win a prize
- ragged jacket — a young seal that, having lost parts of its initially white fur, presents a parti-colored or piebald appearance.
- railroad flat — an apartment whose series of narrow rooms forms a more or less straight line.
- rainbow trout — a trout, Salmo gairdnerii, native in the coastal waters and streams from Baja California to Alaska, used as a food and game fish.