11-letter words containing p, o, u, r
- bumper crop — large harvest
- bumper pool — a pool game played on a small, often octagonally shaped table with two pockets, having strategically placed cushioned pegs on the playing surface, usually necessitating bank shots to sink balls.
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- butyl group — any of four univalent isomeric groups having the formula C 4 H 9 –.
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- canopic urn — an urn used in ancient Egypt to hold and preserve the internal organs of the mummified dead
- capricornus — a faint zodiacal constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Sagittarius and Aquarius
- cardophagus — a donkey
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- carpophorus — an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- chug report — (humour) From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
- circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
- co-producer — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
- colourpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- colporteurs — Plural form of colporteur.
- come up for — When someone or something comes up for consideration or action of some kind, the time arrives when they have to be considered or dealt with.
- compressure — the act of compressing.
- compulsitor — a thing, such as a mandate, that compels
- compurgator — one who testified in a compurgation
- computerate — If someone is computerate, they have enough skill and knowledge to be able to use a computer.
- computerdom — the computer industry
- computerese — the jargon and terminology associated with computers
- computerise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerize.
- computerist — a computer user
- computerize — To computerize a system, process, or type of work means to arrange for a lot of the work to be done by computer.
- computernik — a person who is very interested in, and knowledgeable about, computers
- constuprate — to rape or violate
- contour map — a map that indicates the physical features of the land; topographic map
- contrecoups — Plural form of contrecoup.
- copernicium — a highly radioactive element that is produced synthetically. Symbol: Cn; atomic no: 112; atomic wt: 285
- copublisher — a publisher that publishes a work in conjunction with another publisher
- cornucopian — Classical Mythology. a horn containing food, drink, etc., in endless supply, said to have been a horn of the goat Amalthaea.
- cornucopias — Plural form of cornucopia.
- corpulently — In a corpulent manner.
- corpus vile — a person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment
- corpuscular — Biology. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
- corruptable — Able to be corrupted.
- corruptible — susceptible to corruption; capable of being corrupted
- corruptions — Plural form of corruption.
- corruptness — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- cough syrup — Cough syrup is a liquid medicine that you take when you have a cough.
- counter-pin — bedspread.
- countercoup — the act of overthrowing a government that gained power via a coup d'état
- counterpace — a countermove
- counterpane — A counterpane is a decorative cover on a bed.
- counterpart — Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.