12-letter words containing p, t, e, r, o, u
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- dropout rate — the percentage of students failing to complete a particular school or college course
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- enteropneust — a worm-like marine invertebrate
- entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
- equiparation — the act of regarding as the same; the act of comparing
- escape route — way out: of situation
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- export house — a company that does not manufacture goods but is instead concerned solely with the financing or handling of their export
- fire support — support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.
- fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- four-striper — a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
- future-proof — (of a system, computer, program, etc) guaranteed not to be superseded by future versions, developments, etc
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- group of ten — the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, US, and West Germany
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- heteroduplex — having polynucleotide strands derived from two different sources
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- interruption — an act or instance of interrupting.
- interspinous — located between spines, esp between the vertebrae
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- jump shooter — a player skilled at jump shots.
- ketone group — the characteristic group occurring in ketones that consists of the carbonyl group attached to two alkyl groups.
- leptospermum — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Leptospermum, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and adjacent areas and often cultivated as ornamentals in milder climates.
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.