14-letter words containing p, u, r, s
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
- natural person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
- neutron poison — a nonfissionable material used to absorb neutrons and thus to control nuclear reactions
- nolle prosequi — an entry made upon the records of a court when the plaintiff or prosecutor will proceed no further in a suit or action. Abbreviation: nol. pros.
- non-disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- non-supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- nonpressurized — Not pressurized.
- nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nonsupervisory — not supervisory
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
- north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- nursery slopes — gentle slopes used by beginners in skiing
- nurserypersons — Plural form of nurseryperson.
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- of set purpose — with a specific end in view
- old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
- opossum shrimp — any small, shrimplike crustacean of the order Mysidacea, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch between the legs.
- orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
- out of spirits — sad; depressed
- overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
- overscrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
- oversuspicious — too suspicious
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell.
- paper-shuffler — a person who has a routine desk job.
- papillomavirus — any of several viruses of the family Papovaviridae, containing circular DNA, causing papillomas in various animals and responsible for human genital warts.
- parajournalism — news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism.
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parish council — local administrative body
- parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- pas de bourree — a short running step.
- pasteur effect — the inhibiting of fermentation by oxygen.
- pasteurellosis — hemorrhagic septicemia.
- pasteurization — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- paternity suit — legal dispute over identity of father
- pauper's grave — a grave paid for at public expense because the deceased person's family could not afford one
- peninsular war — the war (1808–14) fought in the Iberian Peninsula by British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces against the French, resulting in the defeat of the French: part of the Napoleonic Wars
- people's court — small-claims court.
- percussion cap — a small metallic cap or cup containing fulminating powder, formerly exploded by percussion to fire the charge of small arms.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- perez esquivel — Adolfo [uh-dol-foh;; Spanish ah-th awl-faw] /əˈdɒl foʊ;; Spanish ɑˈðɔl fɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Argentine sculptor and human rights activist: Nobel prize 1980.