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

  • buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
  • buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
  • caliper rule — a graduated rule with one sliding jaw and one that is stationary
  • capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
  • capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
  • capriciously — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
  • cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
  • circumscript — Rare. limited or confined.
  • cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
  • claim-jumper — a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.
  • cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
  • compulsories — Plural form of compulsory.
  • compulsorily — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
  • compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
  • computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
  • computerized — A computerized system, process, or business is one in which the work is done by computer.
  • computerizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize.
  • computerlike — similar to a computer
  • consumership — the state of being a consumer
  • coproduction — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
  • coprophilous — growing in or on dung
  • corpus juris — a body of law, esp the laws of a nation or state
  • corruptively — In a corruptive way.
  • coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
  • coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
  • counterpoint — Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way.
  • counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
  • counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
  • crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
  • crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
  • crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
  • crucian carp — a common cyprinid, Carassius carassius, that closely resembles the wild form of goldfish, occurring in streams in most parts of Europe and northern Asia.
  • cupid's dart — blue succory.
  • cupid's-dart — blue succory.
  • cuprammonium — an ion of copper oxide used (in solution) in the manufacture of rayon and other man-made fibres
  • cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
  • curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
  • curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
  • curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
  • curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
  • cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
  • darwin tulip — a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.
  • de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
  • depressurise — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
  • depressurize — to reduce the pressure of a gas inside (a container or enclosed space), as in an aircraft cabin
  • desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
  • 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
  • dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
  • diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
  • direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
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