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13-letter words containing a, p, u, r

  • fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
  • fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
  • gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
  • gartner group — (company)   One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA.
  • 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.
  • greater scaup — any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
  • group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
  • group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
  • group therapy — psychotherapy in which a number of patients discuss their problems together, usually under the leadership of a therapist, using shared knowledge and experiences to provide constructive feedback about maladaptive behavior.
  • guinea pepper — grain of paradise.
  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
  • hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
  • hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
  • harry hotspur — the nickname of Sir Henry Percy
  • haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
  • hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
  • heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
  • hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
  • hippuric acid — a crystalline solid excreted in the urine of mammals. Formula: C9H9NO3
  • hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
  • hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
  • house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
  • house sparrow — a small, hardy, buffy-brown and gray bird, Passer domesticus, of Europe, introduced into America, Australia, etc.
  • housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
  • hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
  • hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
  • hypersurfaces — Plural form of hypersurface.
  • hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
  • hyperuricemia — an excess of uric acid in the blood, often producing gout.
  • hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
  • immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
  • imperturbable — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
  • imperturbably — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
  • importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
  • in particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
  • incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
  • indian turnip — the jack-in-the-pulpit.
  • indo-european — a large, widespread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include Italic, Slavic, Baltic, Hellenic, Celtic, Germanic, and Indo-Iranian, spoken by about half the world's population: English, Spanish, German, Latin, Greek, Russian, Albanian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Persian, Hindi, and Hittite are all Indo-European languages. Compare family (def 14).
  • infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
  • injured party — victim
  • insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
  • insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
  • interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
  • intracapsular — Within a capsule.
  • intrapreneurs — Plural form of intrapreneur.
  • ipecac spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia ipecacuanhae, of the eastern U.S.
  • isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
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