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13-letter words containing a, u, r, e, l

  • outlaw regime — a dangerously unpredictable political regime, as of a country, state, etc, which disregards international law or diplomacy
  • outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
  • over-populate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
  • overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • overstimulate — to stimulate too much
  • overvaluation — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
  • overzealously — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
  • palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
  • pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
  • parallel turn — a turn, executed by shifting one's weight, in which the skis stay parallel
  • parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
  • parental unit — of or relating to a parent.
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
  • parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
  • particularize — to make particular.
  • pedal pushers — women's short trousers
  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
  • peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
  • 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.
  • plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
  • plane journey — a journey made by flying in an aeroplane
  • planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • pleasure boat — recreational vessel
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
  • plique-a-jour — an enameling technique in which the colored enamels are fused into the spaces of a wire framework on a temporary backing; the backing is then removed, producing a translucent effect
  • plural eulisp — EuLisp with parallel extensions. "Collections and Garbage Collection", S.C. Merall et al, in Memory Management - IWMM92, Springer 1992, pp.473-489.
  • poet laureate — (in Great Britain) a poet appointed for life as an officer of the royal household, formerly expected to write poems in celebration of court and national events.
  • polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
  • postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • power failure — electricity outage
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
  • pre-calculate — to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute: to calculate the velocity of light.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
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