11-letter words containing p, o, r, u
- port number — port
- porterhouse — Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- portraiture — the art or an instance of making portraits.
- positronium — a short-lived atomic system consisting of a positron and an electron bound together.
- postpuberty — the period after puberty
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- posturizing — to posture; pose.
- pot scourer — a small ball of wire or stiff plastic, or a flat piece of a rough fabric used for cleaning kitchen pots and pans
- potteresque — resembling or suggestive of scenes and situations described in the Harry Potter novels of J. K. Rowling
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pound-force — a foot-pound-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity when acting on a mass of one pound. Abbreviation: lbf.
- pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- pouring box — tundish (def 2).
- powder blue — a pale blue diluted with gray.
- powder burn — a skin burn caused by exploding gunpowder.
- powder puff — fluffy pad for applying powder
- powder-puff — limited to participation by women or girls: She plays on the powder-puff touch football team.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- power surge — an unexpected, temporary increase in the current or voltage of an electrical circuit
- pre-closure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- preannounce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- precomputer — designating the period prior to the introduction of computers; occurring or existing in this period
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- preexposure — exposure beforehand.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- 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.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- preoccupate — to influence or occupy the mind in advance
- 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
- primiparous — a woman who has borne but one child or who is parturient for the first time.
- prize court — a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war.
- pro-oestrus — proestrus.
- probusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- procerebrum — (in certain invertebrates) the front part of the central nervous system
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
- procuratory — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.