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11-letter words containing a, n, u, r

  • protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
  • prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
  • prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
  • pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
  • pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
  • pure reason — reason based on a priori principles and providing a unifying ground for the perception of the phenomenal world.
  • purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
  • puritanical — very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
  • pursuant to — legal: in accordance with
  • push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
  • put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • quadrangles — Plural form of quadrangle.
  • quadrantids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadran·tid me·teor show·er) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.
  • quadraphony — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
  • quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
  • quadrennial — occurring every four years: a quadrennial festival.
  • quadrennium — a period of four years.
  • quadrillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
  • quadripoint — A point at which four borders meet.
  • quadrupling — Present participle of quadruple.
  • quaintrelle — (obscure) A woman who emphasizes a life of passion expressed through personal style, leisurely pastimes, charm, and cultivation of life’s pleasures.
  • quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
  • quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
  • quantometer — a spectroscopic instrument for measuring the percentage of different metals present in a sample
  • quarantined — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
  • quarantines — Plural form of quarantine.
  • quarrelling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
  • quart minor — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
  • quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
  • quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
  • quechumaran — a proposed language stock comprising Quechua and Aymara
  • questionary — a questionnaire.
  • quinceanera — (among Hispanics in Latin America and the U.S.) a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday, marking her transition from childhood to maturity.
  • quint major — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
  • radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • rajahmundry — a city in Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, on the Godavari River.
  • rally round — show solidarity
  • ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
  • ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
  • rap jumping — the sport of descending high buildings, attached to ropes and a pulley
  • raster burn — 1. (Or terminal illness) Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-resolution, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, especially graphics monitors. 2. The "burn-in" condition your CRT tends to get if you don't use a screen saver.
  • rat-running — the practice of driving through residential side streets to avoid congested main roads
  • re-acquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
  • re-announce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
  • re-argument — the process or act of rearguing a legal case, issue, etc
  • readjourned — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
  • real number — a rational number or the limit of a sequence of rational numbers, as opposed to a complex number.
  • reannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
  • rear gunner — a soldier on a military aircraft who defends it against enemy attack from behind
  • reassurance — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
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