11-letter words containing n, o, u, p, r
- premunition — Immunology. a state of balance between host and infectious agent, as a bacterium or parasite, such that the immune defense of the host is sufficient to resist further infection but insufficient to destroy the agent.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- probusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
- procurement — the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.
- producement — production
- productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- progeniture — procreation
- prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prolocution — an introductory remark or speech
- pronouncing — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- proper noun — Grammar. a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, or thing, as Lincoln, Sarah, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall.
- propinquity — nearness in place; proximity.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
- proteinuria — the presence of abnormally large amounts of protein in the urine, usually resulting from kidney disease but sometimes from fever, excessive exercise, or other abnormal condition.
- protogynous — of or relating to a flower in which the shedding of pollen occurs after the stigma has stopped being receptive; having female sex organs maturing before the male.
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- pruriginous — of, relating to, or causing prurigo.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- punk rocker — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- pure merino — a free settler rather than a convict
- pure reason — reason based on a priori principles and providing a unifying ground for the perception of the phenomenal world.
- purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
- pursuant to — legal: in accordance with
- push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- quadraphony — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadripoint — A point at which four borders meet.
- red puccoon — bloodroot; a plant yielding a red dye
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- ring-porous — having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
- roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
- rumgumption — good sense
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- scuppernong — a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- shop around — compare prices
- slop around — to spill or splash (liquid).
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- soup tureen — a large bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility