11-letter words containing p, o, r, u
- pure merino — a free settler rather than a convict
- pure reason — reason based on a priori principles and providing a unifying ground for the perception of the phenomenal world.
- purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
- purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
- purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- purple book — 1. (publication) The "System V Interface Definition". The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2. (publication) The Wizard Book. See also book titles.
- purportedly — reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
- purportless — without purport
- purposeless — having no purpose or apparent meaning.
- purse-proud — proud of one's wealth, especially in an arrogant or showy manner.
- pursuant to — legal: in accordance with
- push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
- put forward — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- put through — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- puzzle over — be mystified by
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- pyrrhuloxia — a cardinallike grosbeak, Cardinalis (Pyrrhuloxia) sinuatus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a bill superficially resembling that of a parrot.
- quadraphony — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadripoint — A point at which four borders meet.
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- re-exposure — the act, state, or condition of being re-exposed
- recuperator — a person or thing that recuperates.
- red puccoon — bloodroot; a plant yielding a red dye
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- ring-porous — having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
- roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
- rotary pump — a pump for transferring water or other fluids by the rotating action of its component parts, as by the meshing of vanes or screws.
- rough paper — paper that is used for writing a rough copy
- rumgumption — good sense
- rumpus room — a recreation room, especially one for children, as in a house.
- rupturewort — a plant, Herniaria glabra, of the pink family
- russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scriptorium — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- scrumptious — very pleasing, especially to the senses; delectable; splendid: a scrumptious casserole; a scrumptious satin gown.
- scuppernong — a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
- semelparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit only once before dying
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
- serpiginous — (formerly) a creeping or spreading skin disease, as ringworm.