12-letter words containing n, e, u, r, a, l
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
- pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- pearly queen — the female London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- plain turkey — a bustard
- plant-cutter — any of several South American, passerine birds of the family Phytotomidae, superficially resembling grosbeaks but having serrated edges on the bill that aid in cutting leaves and other plant food.
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- porcelaneous — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- pre-language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- preinaugural — occurring before an inauguration
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- purlin plate — (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
- quadriennial — quadrennial.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quarterfinal — of or relating to the contest or round preceding the semifinal one.
- quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- queenslander — a native or inhabitant of Queensland
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
- regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
- relay runner — person who takes turn in a relay race
- renounceable — of a nature that can be renounced
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
- ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
- run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes