12-letter words containing a, u, r, t, i
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- premium-rate — (relating to telephone calls) charged at a higher than standard rate
- pro-equality — the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
- propugnation — defence
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- puncturation — the act of puncturing
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- purlin plate — (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- putrefactive — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
- quarantining — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- quarter mile — an event in which competitors run a quarter mile or 400 metres
- quarterfinal — of or relating to the contest or round preceding the semifinal one.
- quarterlies' — occurring, done, paid, issued, etc., at the end of every quarter of a year: a quarterly report; quarterly interest.
- quarterlight — A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent.
- quarterpipes — Plural form of quarterpipe.
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- quaternities — Plural form of quaternity.
- quintana roo — a sparsely populated state in SE Mexico, on the E Yucatán peninsula. 19,435 sq. mi. (50,335 sq. km). Capital: Chetumal.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- rabbit hutch — a cage, usually of wood and wire mesh, for keeping domestic or pet rabbits in
- rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
- radiant flux — the time rate of flow of radiant energy.
- radiothorium — a disintegration product of thorium.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rarity value — if something has rarity value, it is valuable because there a few examples of it
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- re-educative — of or relating to re-education
- reacquainted — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- readjudicate — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- rearticulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- recapitulate — to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
- recirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.