18-letter words containing p, r, u
- a piece of crumpet — a sexually desirable woman
- acupuncture needle — a very fine needle with a rounded tip, used in acupuncture
- adjustable spanner — a tool with adjustable jaws used for turning bolts, etc
- african tulip tree — a tropical African evergreen tree, Spathodea campaulata, with pinnate leaves, split pods, winged seeds, and large red flowers.
- almoner's cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- ammonium purpurate — murexide.
- angular dispersion — a measure of the angular separation of light rays of different wavelength or color traversing a prism or diffraction grating, equal to the rate of change of the angle of deviation with respect to the change in wavelength.
- anterior pituitary — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
- anthropomorphously — In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
- apartment building — An apartment building or apartment house is a tall building which contains different apartments on different floors.
- aperture synthesis — an array of radio telescopes used in radio astronomy to simulate a single large-aperture telescope. Some such instruments use movable dishes while others use fixed dishes
- apparatus criticus — textual notes, list of variant readings, etc, relating to a document, esp in a scholarly edition of a text
- apparent magnitude — magnitude (sense 3)
- apprentice plumber — a trainee plumber
- arachibutyrophobia — Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth.
- army of occupation — an army that goes into a defeated country to enforce peace terms, keep order, etc.
- aspherical surface — a lens or mirror surface that does not form part of a sphere and is used to reduce aberrations
- assumption of risk — Assumption of risk is the practice of paying for minor losses yourself, but protecting against catastrophic losses by buying insurance cover.
- ast computers, llc — (company) The private company formed in January 1999 when Mr. Beny Alagem, the former chairman of Packard Bell NEC, Inc., bought the name and intellectual property of AST Research, Inc.. AST Computers, LLC provide hardware, software, and services for small US businesses. Address: Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- at your fingertips — If you say that something is at your fingertips, you approve of the fact that you can reach it easily or that it is easily available to you.
- athletic supporter — jockstrap
- auditory phonetics — the branch of phonetics concerned with the perception of speech sounds by humans
- australopithecines — Plural form of australopithecine.
- authorized capital — the total amount of value of the shares that a company is allowed to distribute
- autobiographically — In a autobiographical manner.
- automatic exposure — the automatic adjustment of the lens aperture and shutter speed of a camera by a control mechanism
- avoirdupois weight — a British and American system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces
- barbershop quartet — a group of four singers who perform a style of music sung in four-part harmony
- behaviour patterns — the characteristic ways in which a person or animal acts
- berwick-upon-tweed — a town in N England, in N Northumberland at the mouth of the Tweed: much involved in border disputes between England and Scotland between the 12th and 16th centuries; neutral territory 1551–1885. Pop: 12 870 (2001)
- born to the purple — being of royal or high birth
- brand-name product — A brand-name product is one which is made by a well-known manufacturer and has the manufacturer's label on it.
- bubble-jet printer — an ink-jet printer that heats the ink before printing
- burkitt's lymphoma — a cancer characterized by tumors containing lymphoid cells, occurring esp. in children, in the jaw, eyes, and internal organs: it is associated with the Epstein-Barr virus
- calcium propionate — a white, water-soluble powder, CaC 6 H 10 O 4 , used in bakery products to inhibit the growth of fungi.
- campaign furniture — furniture, as chests or desks, having metal hinges on the corners and handles on the sides.
- caterpillar hunter — any of various carabid beetles of the genus Calosoma, of Europe and North America, which prey on the larvae of moths and butterflies
- cellular telephone — a mobile phone
- centre of pressure — the point in a body at which the resultant pressure acts when the body is immersed in a fluid
- claustrophobically — In a claustrophobic way.
- clew down (or up) — to lower (or raise) a sail by means of clew lines
- coitus interruptus — the deliberate withdrawal of the penis from the vagina before ejaculation
- colour photography — the art or process of taking and developing photographs in colour
- colour temperature — the temperature of a black-body radiator at which it would emit radiation of the same chromaticity as the light under consideration
- community property — the joint ownership of the property of a husband and wife
- complexity measure — (algorithm) A quantity describing the complexity of a computation.
- composition rubber — manufactured rubber
- computer animation — animated film or video that is generated by computers
- computer scientist — a person with advanced knowledge of computers and how they work
- computer telephony — Computer Telephone Integration
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