13-letter words containing pr
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- depressomotor — retarding motor activity
- depressurized — Simple past tense and past participle of depressurize.
- depressurizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depressurize.
- deprivatizing — Present participle of deprivatize.
- deprotonation — (chemistry) The removal of a proton (hydrogen ion) from a molecule to form a conjugate base.
- diazo process — a method for printing on paper treated with a diazo compound that disintegrates upon exposure to light and developing the unexposed areas by the use of diazo dyes.
- diprotic acid — any acid with two hydrogen atoms in its molecule that are capable of being released or ionized in water, such as sulphuric acid and carbonic acid
- diprotodontid — any of the extinct marsupials belonging to the genus Diprotodon, characterized by having two incisor teeth in the bottom jaw
- dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
- disproportion — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- drownproofing — a survival technique, for swimmers or nonswimmers, in which the body is allowed to float vertically in the water, with the head submerged, the lungs filled with air, and the arms and legs relaxed, the head being raised to breathe every ten seconds or so.
- durable press — permanent press.
- e-proposition — a universal negative proposition
- east prussian — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- entrepreneurs — Plural form of entrepreneur.
- entrepreneuse — a female entrepreneur
- eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.
- express coach — a fast coach which goes from one place to another directly or with very few stops
- express rifle — a high-velocity hunting rifle for big game shooting
- express train — a fast train
- expressionism — A style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world.
- expressionist — Of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism.
- expropriating — Present participle of expropriate.
- expropriation — The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights.
- factory price — the price quoted for manufactured goods for pickup at the gate of a factory, before certain handling, shipping, and similar costs.
- film première — the first performance of a particular film in a cinema
- fingerprinted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerprint.
- flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
- fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
- foundry proof — a proof pulled for a final checking before printing plates are made.
- gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
- give priority — If you give priority to something or someone, you treat them as more important than anything or anyone else.
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- gödel's proof — a proof that in a formal axiomatic system such as logic or mathematics it is impossible to prove consistency without using methods from outside the system, demonstrated by Kurt Gödel (1906–78)
- grand prairie — a city in NE Texas.
- greek cypriot — a Cypriot of Greek descent
- gross premium — A gross premium is the total premium of an insurance contract before brokerage or discounts have been deducted.
- haber process — a process for synthesizing ammonia from gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen under high pressure and temperature in the presence of a catalyst.
- heart problem — a defect or disease of the heart
- high pressure — intense or stressful situation
- high-pressure — having or involving a pressure above the normal: high-pressure steam.
- hyperproducer — an increased or rapid producer
- hyperprosexia — a condition in which the whole attention is occupied by one object or idea to the exclusion of others
- i-proposition — a particular affirmative proposition