13-letter words containing p, o, u, r
- hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- imperiousness — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- importunities — Plural form of importunity.
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- incorruptible — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
- incorruptibly — In an incorruptible manner.
- incorruptness — The state of being incorrupt.
- indo-european — a large, widespread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include Italic, Slavic, Baltic, Hellenic, Celtic, Germanic, and Indo-Iranian, spoken by about half the world's population: English, Spanish, German, Latin, Greek, Russian, Albanian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Persian, Hindi, and Hittite are all Indo-European languages. Compare family (def 14).
- inner product — Also called dot product, scalar product. the quantity obtained by multiplying the corresponding coordinates of each of two vectors and adding the products, equal to the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the cosine of the angle between them.
- inopportunely — In an inopportune manner.
- inopportunity — not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable: an inopportune visit.
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
- interpunction — the insertion of punctuation marks in a piece of writing
- interruptions — an act or instance of interrupting.
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- jodhpuri coat — a coat worn by men in India, similar to but shorter than a sherwani
- journeyperson — A journeyman or journeywoman.
- jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
- kennebunkport — a town in SW Maine: summer resort.
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- labour supply — the total number of hours that workers are willing and able to be paid wages to work for
- lake superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- lap of honour — If the winner of a race or game does a lap of honour, they run or drive slowly around a race track or sports field in order to receive the applause of the crowd.
- lauroyl group — the monovalent organic group C 12 H 23 O–, derived from lauric acid.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
- leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
- lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- lord's supper — the, the sacrament in commemoration of the Last Supper; communion; Mass; Eucharist.
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
- lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- maculopapular — (medicine, of a rash) Consisting of a flat, red area on the skin that is covered with small confluent bumps, as in scarlet fever and measles.
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- methoxy group — the univalent group CH 3 O−.
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.