13-letter words containing a, u, t, o
- postulational — to ask, demand, or claim.
- potter around — If you potter around or potter about, you do pleasant but unimportant things, without hurrying.
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
- prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
- pretournament — occurring prior to a tournament
- probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
- procuratorate — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- pronunciation — Rare. an act or instance of declaring publicly; pronouncement: It was but the latest pronunciation of the political double-standard uttered in the course of this scandal. Synonyms: declaration, assertion, statement; announcement, affirmation; proclamation, promulgation, dissemination.
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
- proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- protoactinium — protactinium.
- protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- pseudoaquatic — not aquatic but indigenous to moist regions.
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- punctuational — punctuated equilibrium.
- puritan spoon — a silver spoon having an ovoid bowl and a straight, flat, completely plain stem.
- put a stop to — end, curtail
- put an end to — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- quadrifoliate — (botany) Having four leaves or leaflets.
- quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
- qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
- quality point — Education. grade point.
- quarter horse — one of a breed of strong horses developed in the U.S. for short-distance races, usually a quarter of a mile.
- quarter point — the fourth part of the distance between any two adjacent points of the 32 marked on a compass, being 2° 48′ 45″.
- quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
- quarter round — a molding, as on an ovolo, whose section is a quarter circle.
- quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
- quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
- quasi-totally — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- quaternionist — a mathematician who works with quaternions
- quaterpolymer — A copolymer derived from four species of monomer.
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- questionaries — Plural form of questionary.
- questionnaire — a list of questions, usually printed, submitted for replies that can be analyzed for usable information: a questionnaire used in market research.
- quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- quota-hopping — (in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen
- radioactinium — the radioactive isotope of thorium having a mass number 227 and a half-life of 18.8 days. Symbol: RdAc, Th 227.