11-letter words containing o, p, u
- pustulation — the formation or breaking out of pustules.
- put down as — If you put someone or something down as a particular type of person or thing, you consider that they are that thing.
- put down to — ascribe to
- put forward — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- put on hold — suspend
- put one out — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put paid to — to end or destroy
- put through — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- puy de dôme — a mountain in central France. 4805 feet (1465 meters).
- puy-de-dome — a mountain in central France. 4805 feet (1465 meters).
- puzzle book — a book of games or questions presenting problems that require skill or ingenuity for their solution
- puzzle over — be mystified by
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- pyrrhuloxia — a cardinallike grosbeak, Cardinalis (Pyrrhuloxia) sinuatus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a bill superficially resembling that of a parrot.
- pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
- quadraphony — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadripoint — A point at which four borders meet.
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- re-exposure — the act, state, or condition of being re-exposed
- recuperator — a person or thing that recuperates.
- red puccoon — bloodroot; a plant yielding a red dye
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- 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.
- rotary pump — a pump for transferring water or other fluids by the rotating action of its component parts, as by the meshing of vanes or screws.
- rough paper — paper that is used for writing a rough copy
- rumgumption — good sense
- rumpus room — a recreation room, especially one for children, as in a house.
- rupturewort — a plant, Herniaria glabra, of the pink family
- russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
- sapiosexual — a person who finds intelligence to be a sexually attractive quality in others.
- saponaceous — resembling soap; soapy.
- sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- scriptorium — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- scrumptious — very pleasing, especially to the senses; delectable; splendid: a scrumptious casserole; a scrumptious satin gown.
- scuppernong — a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre