13-letter words containing p, o, u, l, e
- 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.
- prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
- proliferously — by proliferation
- pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
- pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
- pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- public office — position in government
- 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.
- pure new wool — the best wool or wool blended fibres
- purple mombin — a tree, Spondias purpurea, of tropical America, having clusters of purple or greenish flowers and yellow or dark red fruit that is edible either raw or cooked.
- purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
- pyrocellulose — cordite.
- quaterpolymer — A copolymer derived from four species of monomer.
- red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
- redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
- repetitiously — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
- republication — publication anew.
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rough sleeper — a homeless person who sleeps rough
- route planner — a book of road maps
- rumelgumption — commonsense
- rumlegumption — commonsense
- self-exposure — the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering: the sudden exposure of objects that were hidden under the blanket.
- self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
- sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- speak volumes — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
- spinuliferous — relating to a spine or spines
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- stenopetalous — having narrow petals.