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13-letter words that end in re

  • kangaroo care — a method of caring for a premature baby in which the baby is periodically held against a parent's bare chest.
  • key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
  • kinross-shire — a former county of E central Scotland: became part of Tayside region in 1975 and part of Perth and Kinross in 1996
  • laissez-faire — of, relating to, or conforming to the principles or practices of laissez faire.
  • lake maggiore — a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland, in the S Lepontine Alps
  • law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
  • liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
  • magnetic core — Computers. core1 (def 12a).
  • magnetic wire — a fine wire made from a magnetizable metal and used for wire recording.
  • magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
  • market square — a square in a village, town, etc in which a market is, or was formerly, held
  • megaherbivore — a large herbivore, such as an elephant, weighing more than 1000kg
  • megastructure — a very large, usually high-rise building or a complex of such buildings used for many purposes, as for apartments, offices, stores, theaters, and athletic facilities.
  • micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
  • misconjecture — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
  • molly maguire — Irish History. a member of a secret terrorist society organized in Ireland in 1843 to prevent evictions by the government: so called because the members disguised themselves as women.
  • mongol empire — an empire founded in the 12th century by Genghis Khan, which reached its greatest territorial extent in the 13th century, encompassing the larger part of Asia and extending westward to the Dnieper River in eastern Europe.
  • monmouthshire — a historic county in E Wales, now part of Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, and South Glamorgan.
  • monstre sacré — a venerable or popular public figure who is considered above criticism or attack despite eccentricity, controversy, etc.
  • moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
  • more and more — in greater quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: I need more money.
  • mother figure — a woman embodying or seeming to embody the qualities of an idealized conception of the female parent, eliciting from others the emotional responses that a child typically has toward its mother.
  • mother nature — a personification of the forces of nature as a controlling and regulating maternal being, sometimes creative and caring.
  • music theatre — a modern musical-dramatic work that is performed on a smaller scale than, and without the conventions of, traditional opera
  • nanostructure — A structure, especially a semiconductor device, that has dimensions of only a few nanometers.
  • nephridiopore — The external opening of a nephridium.
  • new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
  • nickel centre — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • nom de guerre — an assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc.; pseudonym.
  • nondisclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • nonforfeiture — Lack of forfeiture; failure to forfeit, or exemption from forfeiting.
  • on the square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • open fracture — compound fracture.
  • open juncture — a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to close juncture). Also called plus juncture. Compare close juncture, juncture (def 7a), terminal juncture.
  • optical fibre — (communications)   (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
  • ostreiculture — the breeding of oysters
  • out of square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
  • parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
  • pastoral care — help with personal needs and problems given by a teacher
  • pate de verre — French. a decorative glass made in a mold in which powdered glass of various hues is mixed, blended, and fused.
  • pay structure — a collection of pay grades or bands, which set out the different levels of pay for workers in a certain profession, etc
  • peer pressure — social pressure by members of one's peer group to take a certain action, adopt certain values, or otherwise conform in order to be accepted.
  • pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
  • personal care — assistance in dressing, grooming, etc., provided to elderly, disabled, or other persons who are unable to care for themselves.
  • pise-de-terre — a mixture of sand, loam, clay, and other ingredients rammed hard within forms as a building material.
  • plunging fire — artillery or other fire that strikes the ground at a steep angle, as from high ground overlooking the target or from a weapon fired at a high angle of elevation.
  • plus juncture — open juncture.
  • pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
  • pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
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