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12-letter words containing a, u, t, o, r, p

  • put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
  • putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
  • pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
  • quarter-hoop — a hoop, especially of steel, fastened around a cask between the bilge and the chime.
  • reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
  • recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
  • recuperatory — of or relating to recovery or recuperation
  • reoccupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
  • repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
  • repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
  • resupination — a resupinate condition.
  • retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
  • router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
  • separate out — filter, sift
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
  • somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
  • stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • status group — a social stratum sharing the same lifestyle or occupation and having the same level of prestige.
  • stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
  • stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
  • strophanthus — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Strophanthus, of the dogbane family, chiefly of tropical Africa.
  • sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
  • sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
  • supererogate — to do more than duty requires.
  • superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
  • superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
  • superpatriot — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
  • superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
  • superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
  • supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
  • support area — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
  • support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
  • supraglottal — situated above the glottis
  • supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
  • supraprotest — an acceptance or a payment of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment by the drawee.
  • tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
  • target group — intended audience or customers
  • telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
  • temporaneous — lasting a short while
  • tetrapterous — Zoology. having four wings or winglike appendages.
  • the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
  • theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
  • to pull rank — If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
  • tomato puree — liquidized tomatoes
  • topaz quartz — citrine (def 2).
  • tourist trap — a place, as a restaurant, shop, or hotel, that exploits tourists by overcharging.
  • tractor pull — a contest in which tractors compete to pull the heaviest load.
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