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13-letter words containing p, u, r, i, m

  • pons asinorum — a geometric proposition that if a triangle has two of its sides equal, the angles opposite these sides are also equal: so named from the difficulty experienced by beginners in mastering it. Euclid, 1:5.
  • popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
  • posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
  • premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • premium price — elevated cost paid for sth of top quality
  • presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
  • presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
  • primary group — a group of individuals living in close, intimate, and personal relationship.
  • primitive gut — archenteron.
  • primogeniture — the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents.
  • primum mobile — (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
  • pro-communist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
  • program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
  • promiscuously — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
  • protoactinium — protactinium.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
  • purple mombin — a tree, Spondias purpurea, of tropical America, having clusters of purple or greenish flowers and yellow or dark red fruit that is edible either raw or cooked.
  • recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • rhizomorphous — rootlike in form.
  • ring compound — a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound. Compare cyclic (def 3).
  • rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • rumelgumption — commonsense
  • rumlegumption — commonsense
  • scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
  • semi-precious — Semi-precious stones are stones such as turquoises and amethysts that are used in jewellery but are less valuable than precious stones such as diamonds and rubies.
  • semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
  • share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
  • sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
  • sublime porte — official name of Porte.
  • submarine pen — a bunker that prevents submarines from bombs
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superhumanize — to make superhuman, or represent as such
  • superior room — A superior room is a room in a hotel that is more comfortable or has better amenities than other rooms.
  • supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
  • supermilitant — highly militant
  • superminister — a minister with a wide range of responsibilities
  • supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
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