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13-letter words containing o, s, a, t, u, r

  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
  • passe-partout — something that passes everywhere or provides a universal means of passage.
  • passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
  • pleasure boat — recreational vessel
  • 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
  • port du salut — Port-Salut.
  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
  • postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
  • postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
  • postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
  • prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
  • protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
  • proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
  • puritan spoon — a silver spoon having an ovoid bowl and a straight, flat, completely plain stem.
  • quarter horse — one of a breed of strong horses developed in the U.S. for short-distance races, usually a quarter of a mile.
  • quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
  • quaternionist — a mathematician who works with quaternions
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • questionaries — Plural form of questionary.
  • questionnaire — a list of questions, usually printed, submitted for replies that can be analyzed for usable information: a questionnaire used in market research.
  • radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
  • reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • resuscitation — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
  • rhesus factor — Rh factor.
  • rousseauistic — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
  • russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
  • saurognathous — related to or resembling the Saurognathae family of birds that possess palate bones similar to those in saurians or lizards
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
  • see you later — an expression of farewell
  • sequestration — removal or separation; banishment or exile.
  • share account — a savings account in a credit union.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • short account — the account of a short seller.
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