11-letter words containing a, u, r, p
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
- autotrophic — (of organisms such as green plants) capable of manufacturing complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources such as carbon dioxide, water, and nitrates, using energy from the sun
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- avoirdupois — a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton
- azido group — the univalent group N 3 −, derived from hydrazoic acid.
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- blue spirea — a grayish, hairy, eastern Asian shrub, Caryopteris incana, of the verbena family, having clusters of showy, blue or bluish-purple flowers.
- brahmaputra — a river in S Asia, rising in SW Tibet as the Tsangpo and flowing through the Himalayas and NE India to join the Ganges at its delta in Bangladesh. Length: about 2900 km (1800 miles)
- break it up — stop fighting
- breaking-up — separation, or the action of separating, into smaller parts
- breast lump — a harder lump detectable in the soft tissue of a woman's breast
- breast pump — a device for extracting and collecting milk from the breast during lactation
- bubble wrap — a type of polythene wrapping containing many small air pockets, used as a protective covering when transporting breakable goods
- buck passer — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
- buck-passer — a person who regularly seeks to shift blame or responsibility to someone else
- bumper jack — a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper.
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- butterpaste — a mixture of flour and butter kneaded together, used as a thickening for sauces.
- buzz phrase — a phrase that comes into vogue in the same way as a buzz word
- cactus pear — tuna2 .
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- canopic urn — an urn used in ancient Egypt to hold and preserve the internal organs of the mummified dead
- caper sauce — sauce flavoured with capers
- capricornus — a faint zodiacal constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Sagittarius and Aquarius
- caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
- cardophagus — a donkey
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- carpophorus — an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”.
- catapultier — a person who fires a catapult
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- chupacabras — Plural form of chupacabra.
- circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
- compurgator — one who testified in a compurgation
- computerate — If someone is computerate, they have enough skill and knowledge to be able to use a computer.
- constuprate — to rape or violate
- contour map — a map that indicates the physical features of the land; topographic map
- cornucopian — Classical Mythology. a horn containing food, drink, etc., in endless supply, said to have been a horn of the goat Amalthaea.
- cornucopias — Plural form of cornucopia.
- corpuscular — Biology. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
- corruptable — Able to be corrupted.
- counterpace — a countermove
- counterpane — A counterpane is a decorative cover on a bed.
- counterpart — Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.
- counterplan — an opposing plan
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess