11-letter words containing o, u, p, i, r, e
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- 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.
- preoccupied — completely engrossed in thought; absorbed.
- presolution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- previous to — before, prior to
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- prize court — a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war.
- probusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- progeniture — procreation
- proliferous — proliferating.
- promptitude — promptness.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- 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.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- 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.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
- pteropodium — the foot of a pteropod.
- puerto rico — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- pulveration — the reduction of something to powder
- pupil power — the influence of or the increased status of the beliefs or actions of pupils
- pure merino — a free settler rather than a convict
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.
- spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- spiriferous — having a spire or spiral parts.
- spore fruit — a spore-bearing structure, as an ascoscarp; sporocarp.
- sporiferous — bearing spores.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- subprioress — a nun junior to a prioress
- superegoist — an exceptionally selfish or self-centred person; someone who is very self-important
- superheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- superimpose — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- superiority — the quality or condition of being superior.