13-letter words containing o, u, r, l
- plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
- pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
- pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
- plique-a-jour — an enameling technique in which the colored enamels are fused into the spaces of a wire framework on a temporary backing; the backing is then removed, producing a translucent effect
- plum curculio — See under curculio.
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- pluralization — to receive or take a plural form.
- plus or minus — You use plus or minus to give the amount by which a particular number may vary.
- 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.
- 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.
- polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
- polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
- polyarticular — pertaining to or affecting many joints.
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- popular front — a coalition, usually temporary, of leftist and sometimes centrist political parties, formed against a common opponent, as fascism, and promoting social reform.
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- port du salut — Port-Salut.
- port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
- 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.
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- power failure — electricity outage
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
- preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- prerevolution — of the period before a revolution
- prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- primum mobile — (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
- privy council — a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign.
- producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
- proliferously — by proliferation
- promiscuously — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
- pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
- protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
- pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
- public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
- pull together — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- pulling power — the ability to attract and influence other people
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.