13-letter words containing o, p, r, t, u
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- over the hump — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- over-populate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parquet floor — flooring made of inlaid wood
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
- passe-partout — something that passes everywhere or provides a universal means of passage.
- passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- pauperization — the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- petrocurrency — money, paid in dollars, earned by a country for the exporting of petroleum
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- phonautograph — a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
- phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus
- phytonutrient — phytochemical.
- piano quartet — a musical composition scored for piano and three other instruments, typically violin, viola, and cello.
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
- pleasure boat — recreational vessel
- plectopterous — of or relating to the order Plectoptera, containing mayflies
- pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- pluralization — to receive or take a plural form.
- plymouth rock — a rock at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on which the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America in 1620.
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- pneumatometer — an instrument for measuring either the quantity of air inhaled or exhaled during a single inspiration or expiration or the force of inspiration or expiration.
- pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
- poet laureate — (in Great Britain) a poet appointed for life as an officer of the royal household, formerly expected to write poems in celebration of court and national events.
- polyarticular — pertaining to or affecting many joints.
- popular front — a coalition, usually temporary, of leftist and sometimes centrist political parties, formed against a common opponent, as fascism, and promoting social reform.
- port du salut — Port-Salut.
- port harcourt — a seaport in S Nigeria.
- port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.