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13-letter words containing d, r, u, p

  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
  • prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
  • pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
  • pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
  • pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
  • puddle jumper — a light plane, especially one traveling only short distances or making many stops.
  • puddle-jumper — a light plane, especially one traveling only short distances or making many stops.
  • puncture weed — a caltrop, Tribulus terrestris, having spiny fruit that can puncture tires.
  • quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
  • quadricipital — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.
  • quadripartite — divided into or consisting of four parts.
  • quadriphonics — quadraphony.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • quadrupedally — In the manner of an animal that walks on four feet or four legs.
  • quadruple run — a set of five cards consisting of a three-card run plus two other cards that duplicate different denominations in the run, as 5,5,6,6,7, worth 16 points.
  • quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • quadruplicity — the state or fact of being quadruple or fourfold.
  • quandary peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains, NE of Leadville. 14,265 feet (4348 meters).
  • quarter pound — a unit of weight equal to a quarter of a pound or 4 ounces avoirdupois
  • reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
  • red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
  • redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
  • reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
  • reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • ring compound — a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound. Compare cyclic (def 3).
  • round-tripper — a home run.
  • roundtripping — a form of trading in which a company borrows a sum of money from one source and takes advantage of a short-term rise in interest rates to make a profit by lending it to another
  • rumbledethump — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
  • ruptured duck — the symbol of an eagle with wings spread appearing in the honorable discharge emblem of the U.S. armed forces.
  • self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
  • self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
  • serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
  • shutter speed — speed (def 5b).
  • somar dumpacl — (tool)   A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
  • soundproofing — materials used to make something soundproof
  • soupe du jour — the special, sometimes the only, soup served in a restaurant on any particular day
  • splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
  • sports ground — an area of land where sports are played
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • squared paper — graph paper with a pattern of squares formed by lines crossing at right angles.
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • super tuesday — the Tuesday, typically in March, on which party members in over 20 states vote in primary elections to select their party's presidential candidate
  • superabundant — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
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