12-letter words containing p, u, r, e
- untrespassed — Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- up a gumtree — in a very awkward position; in difficulties
- up the creek — U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.
- up the river — a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- up-and-comer — likely to succeed; bright and industrious: an up-and-coming young executive.
- up-and-under — a high kick forwards followed by a charge to the place where the ball lands
- upper canada — a former British province in Canada 1791–1840: now the S part of Ontario province.
- upper circle — the seats in a theatre that are situated above the dress circle
- upper school — a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.
- urethroscope — an apparatus for observing the urethra.
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
- variocoupler — a transformer having coils with a self-impedance that is essentially constant but a mutual impedance that can be varied by moving one coil with respect to the other.
- vellum paper — a creamy coloured heavy paper resembling vellum
- venepuncture — the puncture of a vein for surgical or therapeutic purposes or for collecting blood specimens for analysis.
- venipuncture — the puncture of a vein for surgical or therapeutic purposes or for collecting blood specimens for analysis.
- vesper mouse — white-footed mouse.
- vituperation — verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
- vituperative — characterized by or of the nature of vituperation: vituperative remarks.
- vituperatory — abusive or blaming
- walk-up rate — The walk-up rate at a hotel is the price charged to a customer who arrives without a reservation.
- warmer-upper — something that provides one with invigorating warmth: Hot soup is a good warmer-upper after skiing.
- water sprout — a nonflowering shoot arising from a branch or axil of a tree or shrub.
- water supply — the supply of purified water available to a community.
- water vapour — steam
- well-reputed — reported or supposed to be such: the reputed author of a book.
- west prussia — a former province of Prussia: since 1945 part of Poland.
- white spruce — a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.
- white turnip — the turnip, Brassica rapa.
- woodburytype — a process using gelatine film exposed to the negative, which is then pressed into lead and processed, or a print of this type
- word picture — a description in words, especially one that is unusually vivid: She drew a word picture of a South Pacific sunset.
- xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.