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12-letter words containing p, a, r, u

  • support area — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
  • support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
  • supracrustal — relating to rocks that overlie the basement rock of the crust
  • supraglottal — situated above the glottis
  • supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
  • supramundane — transcending the world
  • supranatural — beyond what is natural; supernatural.
  • supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
  • supraprotest — an acceptance or a payment of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment by the drawee.
  • supravitally — in a supravital manner
  • surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
  • suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
  • take up arms — Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
  • take-up reel — (on a projector) the reel onto which the film is wound after it has been projected.
  • tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
  • tape measure — a long, flexible strip or ribbon, as of cloth or metal, marked with subdivisions of the foot or meter and used for measuring.
  • target group — intended audience or customers
  • tau particle — an unstable, negatively charged lepton with a mass of c. 1,777 MeV/c2 (or c. 3,490 times that of an electron) and a mean lifetime of 2.2 ×10-13 second
  • te rauparaha — ?1768–1849, Māori warrior chief, head of the Ngāti Toa tribe and signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi; noted for his cunning and his prowess in battle, he is also credited with composing "Ka Mate", the All Blacks' usual pre-match haka
  • telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
  • temporaneous — lasting a short while
  • tetrapterous — Zoology. having four wings or winglike appendages.
  • the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
  • theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
  • therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
  • therapeutist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
  • tissue paper — a very thin, almost transparent paper used for wrapping delicate articles, covering illustrations in books, copying letters, etc.
  • to pull rank — If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
  • tomato puree — liquidized tomatoes
  • topaz quartz — citrine (def 2).
  • tourist trap — a place, as a restaurant, shop, or hotel, that exploits tourists by overcharging.
  • trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
  • tractor pull — a contest in which tractors compete to pull the heaviest load.
  • tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
  • transpicuous — transparent.
  • transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
  • transumptive — of or relating to transumption
  • trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
  • tripudiation — the act of dancing for joy
  • triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
  • triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
  • triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
  • trojan group — a group of asteroids oscillating about either of two points, equidistant from the sun and Jupiter, that forms an equilateral triangle with the sun and Jupiter.
  • truck camper — a type of camper designed to be mounted on a pickup truck.
  • trumpet call — a blast made by a trumpet that serves as a summons or call
  • trumpet-leaf — trumpets.
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