12-letter words containing p, r, o, u, g
- pro-suffrage — the right to vote, especially in a political election.
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
- propugnation — defence
- propyl group — any of two univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 3 H 7 −.
- prostituting — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pull through — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- push through — force to accept
- put together — assemble
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- romp through — If you romp through something, you do it or deal with it quickly and easily.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- saprophagous — (of an organism) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter.
- sarcophagous — carnivorous.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
- slip through — be undetected
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- sporting gun — a gun intended for hunting
- status group — a social stratum sharing the same lifestyle or occupation and having the same level of prestige.
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- supererogate — to do more than duty requires.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- supersurgeon — a highly skilled surgeon
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- supraglottal — situated above the glottis
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
- target group — intended audience or customers
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- trojan group — a group of asteroids oscillating about either of two points, equidistant from the sun and Jupiter, that forms an equilateral triangle with the sun and Jupiter.
- turbo prolog — A strongly typed Prolog-like logic programming language. 1986. It has user-defined domains. Programs are arranged in sections: DOMAINS, CLAUSES, PREDICATES, DATABASE and GOAL. It is currently known as PDC Prolog and is distributed by Prolog Development Center, Atlanta +1 404 873 1366. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- unperforming — not performing
- unprogrammed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.