12-letter words containing p, a, r, u
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- internuptial — Of, or related to intermarriage.
- interpleural — situated between the pleurae
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- intrapreneur — an employee of a large corporation who is given freedom and financial support to create new products, services, systems, etc., and does not have to follow the corporation's usual routines or protocols.
- ipecac syrup — a preparation containing ipecac in a syrupy medium, used as an emetic.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- jumping hare — springhare.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- karnaugh map — A Karnaugh map is a pictorial method used to minimize Boolean expressions without having to use Boolean algebra theorems.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kuala lumpur — a constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising the former British territories of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 126,310 sq. mi. (327,143 sq. km). Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
- labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
- labour party — a political party in Great Britain, formed in 1900 from various socialist and labor groups and taking its present name in 1906.
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- lobular pump — a blower or pump displacing air or liquid by means of rotors having meshing lobes that act as a seal at their place of mesh.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- macrocarpous — having large fruit.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
- mamallapuram — Mahabalipuram.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manuscriptal — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
- maple butter — thickened maple syrup
- mare vaporum — (Sea of Vapors) a dark plain in the first quadrant and near the center of the face of the moon: about 39,000 sq. mi. (101,000 sq. km).
- maspar unity — A translator from UNITY to MPL by Martin Huber, University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Version 1.0.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
- multi-parity — of or relating to a multipara.
- multipartite — divided into several or many parts; having several or many divisions.
- murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
- name capture — (reduction) In beta reduction, when a term containing a free occurrence of a variable v is substituted into another term where v is bound the free v becomes spuriously bound or "captured". E.g. (\ x . \ y . x y) y --> \ y . y y (WRONG) This problem arises because two distinct variables have the same name. The most common solution is to rename the bound variable using alpha conversion: (\ x . \ y' . x y') y --> \ y' . y y' Another solution is to use de Bruijn notation. Note that the argument expression, y, contained a free variable. The whole expression above must therefore be notionally contained within the body of some lambda abstraction which binds y. If we never reduce inside the body of a lambda abstraction (as in reduction to weak head normal form) then name capture cannot occur.