10-letter words containing i, n, r, u
- ouvirandra — former name for the lattice-leaf plant Aponogeton madagascariensis, an aquatic plant from Madagascar, with leaves like a lattice spreading under the surface of the water
- overbuying — Present participle of overbuy.
- overinsure — to insure in excess of actual value
- overruling — the act or instance of ruling over another
- oxyneurine — betaine.
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- panaritium — a whitlow
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- pannicular — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
- penguinery — a group, colony, or enclosure of penguins
- peninsular — an area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for an isthmus connecting it with the mainland.
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- percutient — anything that strikes against something else
- peridinium — a member of the Peridinium genus of marine- or freshwater-dwelling dinoflagellate organisms characterized by armoured plates
- perigonium — the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perineural — located around a nerve or bunch of nerves; surrounding a nerve
- peritoneum — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- perturbing — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plenilunar — relating to a full moon
- pour it on — to flatter profusely
- pour point — the lowest temperature at which a substance will flow under given conditions.
- praemunire — a writ charging the offense of resorting to a foreign court or authority, as that of the pope, and thus calling in question the supremacy of the English crown.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- prejudging — a preliminary round of judging, as in a contest where a certain number or percentage of the entrants are eliminated before the final judging.
- prelingual — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- prenuptial — before marriage.
- pressuring — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- primaquine — a viscous liquid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria.
- principium — a principle.
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- proteinous — 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.
- protruding — to project.
- protrusion — the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- prudential — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
- pultrusion — a process for manufacturing reinforced plastic products in which a bundle of glass fibres is pulled through a resin bath and then through a heated die to shape the resin
- pumpkineer — pumpkin
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.