13-letter words containing c, o, u, p, r
- open juncture — a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to close juncture). Also called plus juncture. Compare close juncture, juncture (def 7a), terminal juncture.
- opera comique — comic opera.
- opportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
- outer product — cross product.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- over-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- overpronounce — to pronounce (a word, syllable, etc.) in an exaggerated, affected, or excessively careful manner.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- pao de acucar — Portuguese name of Sugarloaf Mountain.
- papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
- percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- perspicacious — having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
- petrocurrency — money, paid in dollars, earned by a country for the exporting of petroleum
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- plectopterous — of or relating to the order Plectoptera, containing mayflies
- pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
- plum curculio — See under curculio.
- plymouth rock — a rock at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on which the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America in 1620.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
- 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.
- polyarticular — pertaining to or affecting many joints.
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- port harcourt — a seaport in S Nigeria.
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- 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.
- pre-encounter — to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
- prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand