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13-letter words containing p, o, u, r

  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • pouring-basin — (in a vacuum induction furnace) a trough through which molten metal flows under vacuum to a mold chamber.
  • power failure — electricity outage
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • pre-encounter — to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation.
  • precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
  • precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
  • prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
  • prefiguration — the act of prefiguring.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
  • premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
  • preproduction — Movies. the steps necessary to prepare a film for production, as casting, choosing locations, and designing sets and costumes.
  • prerevolution — of the period before a revolution
  • pressure cone — a small, radially striated rock structure produced by intense shock, such as generated by meteorite impact.
  • pressure-cook — to cook in a pressure cooker.
  • prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
  • presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
  • pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • pretournament — occurring prior to a tournament
  • price support — the maintenance of the price of a commodity, product, etc., especially by means of a public subsidy or government purchase of surpluses.
  • primary group — a group of individuals living in close, intimate, and personal relationship.
  • primogeniture — the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents.
  • 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.
  • print-through — the unwanted transfer of a recorded magnetic field pattern from one turn of magnetic tape to the preceding or succeeding turn on a reel, causing distortion
  • privy council — a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign.
  • prix goncourt — Goncourt (def 2).
  • pro-communist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
  • probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
  • procuratorate — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
  • producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • product costs — Product costs are costs that can be directly associated with a particular product, such as manufacturing and sales costs.
  • product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
  • profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
  • program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
  • prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
  • proliferously — by proliferation
  • promiscuously — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
  • pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
  • pronouncement — a formal or authoritative statement.
  • pronunciation — Rare. an act or instance of declaring publicly; pronouncement: It was but the latest pronunciation of the political double-standard uttered in the course of this scandal. Synonyms: declaration, assertion, statement; announcement, affirmation; proclamation, promulgation, dissemination.
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