13-letter words containing p, u, l, c, o, r
- melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microphyllous — having microphylls
- military coup — a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
- multi-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- musculospiral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; applied especially to a large nerve of the arm.
- neuroatypical — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- noncompulsory — Not compulsory.
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- nuclear power — power derived from nuclear energy.
- nucleoprotein — any of the class of conjugated proteins occurring in cells and consisting of a protein combined with a nucleic acid, essential for cell division and reproduction.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- plectopterous — of or relating to the order Plectoptera, containing mayflies
- pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
- plum curculio — See under curculio.
- plymouth rock — a rock at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on which the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America in 1620.
- polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
- polyarticular — pertaining to or affecting many joints.
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- privy council — a board or select body of personal advisers, as of a sovereign.
- producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- 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.).
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
- public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
- pyrocellulose — cordite.
- red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
- redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- republication — publication anew.
- self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- somar dumpacl — (tool) A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.