12-letter words containing m, u, r, p
- pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- puerto montt — a city in S Chile.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
- pump priming — the spending of government funds in commercial enterprises, to stimulate the national economy.
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- purple medic — a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in the Near East and widely cultivated as a forage crop.
- pyjama rugby — an uncomplimentary term for the Super 12 Rugby Union competition that involves teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, and which is noted for its free-flowing nature and lack of attritional play between the forwards
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- re-equipment — the act of re-equipping
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- receptaculum — a vessel, receptacle or container
- refugee camp — a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
- repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- romp through — If you romp through something, you do it or deal with it quickly and easily.
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- rubbish dump — a place or area where waste materials are dumped
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- running jump — a jump made after running a short distance
- scissor jump — a type of jump involving a scissor-like movement of the legs
- semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
- simple sugar — monosaccharide.
- simple syrup — a thick, sweet liquid, usually prepared from sugar and water and used chiefly as a base for soda fountain flavors.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- smoke jumper — an employee of the forest service parachuted to strategic spots in fighting forest fires
- 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.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- stirrup pump — a small hand pump held steady by a stirruplike foot bracket, often used in firefighting.
- striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- suboperculum — a bone in fishes behind the operculum or gill covering
- subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
- superhumeral — an ecclesiastical vestment worn over the shoulders
- superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.