13-letter words that end in ne
- petrol engine — an internal-combustion engine that uses petrol as fuel
- phencyclidine — an anesthetic drug, C 1 7 H 2 5 N, used as an animal tranquilizer: also widely used in several forms as an illicit hallucinogen.
- phenmetrazine — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.
- phenothiazine — Chemistry. a grayish-green to greenish-yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 2 H 9 NS, used chiefly as an insecticide and vermifuge, and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals.
- phenylalanine — a crystalline, water-soluble, essential amino acid, C 6 H 5 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, necessary to the nutrition of humans and most animals, obtained chiefly from egg white or skim milk. Symbol: F. Abbreviation: Phe;
- phenylbenzene — biphenyl.
- phenylephrine — an alpha-adrenergic stimulant, C 1 9 H 1 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a nasal decongestant.
- phenylmethane — toluene.
- photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
- phylloquinone — vitamin K1.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
- piston engine — reciprocating engine.
- plant hormone — an organic chemical, as auxin, produced by plant cells and functioning at various sites to regulate growth, turning, metabolic processes, etc.
- plasma engine — an engine that generates thrust by reaction to the emission of a jet of plasma
- plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
- plimsoll line — load line (def 1).
- poker machine — a fruit machine
- polio vaccine — a vaccine administered to induce specific active immunity to poliomyelitis.
- polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
- polypropylene — a plastic polymer of propylene, (C 3 H 5) n , used chiefly for molded parts, electrical insulation, packaging, and fibers for wearing apparel.
- poppy anemone — a southern European plant, Anemone coronaria, of the buttercup family, having tuberous roots and solitary, poppylike, red, blue, or white flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- port colborne — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- position line — line of position.
- potato famine — a severe shortage of food caused by the failure of the potato crop
- pressure cone — a small, radially striated rock structure produced by intense shock, such as generated by meteorite impact.
- prince's pine — pipsissewa
- prince's-pine — pipsissewa.
- proparoxytone — having an accent or heavy stress on the antepenultimate syllable.
- protriptyline — a white to yellow powder, C 1 9 H 2 1 N, used for the treatment of depression.
- pudding stone — conglomerate (def 3).
- puncture vine — a caltrop, Tribulus terrestris, having spiny fruit that can puncture tires.
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
- pyrimethamine — a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
- radial engine — an internal-combustion engine having the cylinders arranged in radial opposition, found mainly on older aircraft.
- railroad line — railway route
- rain or shine — regardless of the weather or circumstances; in any event: The concert will be held, rain or shine. He's always a reliable friend, rain or shine.
- ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
- reporter gene — a gene with an easily recognizable phenotype, used in analysing the regulation of gene structures
- rhadamanthine — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rocket engine — a reaction engine that produces a thrust due to an exhaust consisting entirely of material, as oxidizer, fuel, and inert matter, that has been carried with the engine in the vehicle it propels, none of the propellant being derived from the medium through which the vehicle moves.
- rocking stone — any fairly large rock so situated on its base that slight forces can cause it to move or sway.
- rolling stone — person: nomadic
- rosetta stone — a stone slab, found in 1799 near Rosetta, bearing parallel inscriptions in Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphic, and demotic characters, making possible the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
- rotary engine — an engine, as a turbine, in which the impelling fluid produces torque directly rather than by acting upon reciprocating parts.
- sabin vaccine — an orally administered vaccine of live viruses for immunization against poliomyelitis.
- saint-étienne — a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- scanning line — (in a cathode-ray or television tube) a single horizontal trace made by the electron beam in one traversal of the fluorescent screen. Compare frame (def 9).
- search engine — a computer program that searches documents, especially on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or words and provides a list of documents in which they are found.