11-letter words containing n, o, u, r
- 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.
- quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- quadrillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
- quadripoint — A point at which four borders meet.
- quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
- quantometer — a spectroscopic instrument for measuring the percentage of different metals present in a sample
- quart minor — Piquet. a sequence of four cards of the same suit, as an ace, king, queen, and jack (quart major) or king, queen, jack, and ten (quart minor)
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- questioners — Plural form of questioner.
- quinhydrone — a dark green, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 1 2 H 1 0 O 4 , used in solution, together with a platinum wire, as an electrode (quinhy·drone elec·trode)
- quint major — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- quint minor — an organ stop sounding a fifth higher than the corresponding digitals.
- quinternion — five gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- rally round — show solidarity
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- re-announce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- readjourned — to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely: to adjourn the court.
- reannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- reconducted — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- reconfigure — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
- recountment — the act or process of recounting or reciting something
- red puccoon — bloodroot; a plant yielding a red dye
- rediffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
- refuctoring — (humour, programming) Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
- reinduction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
- reinoculate — to inoculate again
- reintroduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- rejuvenator — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- remunerator — to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
- reoccurring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- requisition — the act of requiring or demanding.
- restitution — reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.