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15-letter words containing p, u, i, r

  • hypermutability — liable or subject to change or alteration.
  • hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
  • hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
  • hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
  • hypopituitarism — abnormally diminished activity of the pituitary gland, especially of the anterior lobe.
  • immune response — any of the body's immunologic reactions to an antigen.
  • imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
  • importunateness — Quality of being importunate.
  • impulse turbine — a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.
  • in short supply — If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
  • industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
  • ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
  • inopportuneness — The quality of being inopportune.
  • insuperableness — The quality of being insuperable or insurmountable; insuperability.
  • insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
  • interior-sprung — (esp of a mattress) containing springs
  • interperceptual — occurring between periods of perceiving
  • interpopulation — Between populations.
  • intrapopulation — occurring within a population or between members of a population
  • intrapreneurial — Entrepreneurial within an existing business; describing entrepreneurship within an existing business.
  • introsusception — intussusception.
  • iranian plateau — a plateau in SW Asia, mostly in Iran, extending from the Tigris to the Indus rivers. 1,000,000 sq. mi. (2,590,000 sq. km).
  • iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
  • isopropyl group — the univalent group C 3 H 7 , an isomer of the propyl group.
  • isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
  • job opportunity — an opportunity of employment
  • joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
  • jupiter pluvius — Jupiter regarded as the giver of rain
  • jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
  • jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
  • juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
  • leaf primordium — a group of cells that will develop into a leaf, seen as small bulges just below the shoot apex.
  • lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
  • leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • liquid paraffin — a colourless almost tasteless oily liquid obtained by petroleum distillation and used as a laxative
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
  • lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
  • lump uncurrying — Chin's generalisation of uncurrying. A curried function taking several tuples as arguments can be transformed to take a single tuple containing all the components of the original tuples.
  • luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
  • macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
  • macrosporangium — megasporangium.
  • male prostitute — man who has sex for money
  • marsupial mouse — any of various mouse-sized to rat-sized marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania: some species are rare or endangered.
  • mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
  • menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
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