11-letter words containing p, u, r, t
- supportress — a female supporter
- suppository — a solid, conical mass of medicinal substance that melts upon insertion into the rectum or vagina.
- suppressant — a substance that suppresses an undesirable action or condition: an appetite suppressant.
- suppurating — to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; maturate.
- suppuration — the process of suppurating.
- suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- supracostal — above the rib
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- suprematism — a nonrepresentational style of art developed in Russia in the early 20th century, characterized by severely simple geometric shapes or forms and an extremely limited palette.
- suspiration — a long, deep sigh.
- telanaipura — former name of Jambi (def 2).
- telesphorus — pope a.d. 125?–136?.
- temperature — a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. The temperature of two systems is the same when the systems are in thermal equilibrium.
- tetrapodous — of or related to a tetrapod
- thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
- the rapture — in some Christian theologies, the bodily ascent into heaven just before Armageddon of those who are saved (see save1 (sense 8)
- the support — an actor or group of actors playing subordinate roles
- the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
- therapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thoroughpin — an abnormal swelling just above the hock of a horse, usually appearing on both sides of the leg and sometimes causing lameness.
- thrust upon — If something is thrust upon you, you are forced to have it, deal with it, or experience it.
- thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
- thunderpeal — a crash of thunder; thunderclap.
- tip and run — a form of cricket in which the batsman must run if his bat touches the ball
- tolyl group — any of three univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
- tool pusher — A tool pusher is someone who supervises drilling operations on an oil rig.
- top-up card — a card bought by a mobile phone user entitling him or her to a stipulated amount of credit for future calls
- topsy-turvy — with the top where the bottom should be; upside down.
- torpedinous — of, relating to, or resembling a torpedo
- touch paper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- tree lupine — a shrubby, Californian tree, Lupinus arboreus, of the legume family, having hairy, finger-shaped leaflets and fragrant, sulphur-yellow flowers.
- tricuspidal — having three cusps
- tripetalous — having three petals.
- triphibious — employing or involving land, naval, and air forces in a combined operation.
- triphyllous — having three leaves.
- triple jump — a jumping event for distance in which a participant leaps on one foot from a takeoff point, lands on the same foot, steps forward on the other foot, leaps, and lands on both feet.
- triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- trispermous — having three seeds.
- trisulphide — any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms per molecule
- trout-perch — any of a family (Percopsidae) of North American freshwater bony fishes having spiny and fleshy fins, esp., a species (Percopsis omiscomaycus) of Canada and the E U.S.
- trumpet leg — a turned leg that flares upward and outward from a narrow lower end.
- trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
- trumpetweed — any of various eupatorium plants, esp joe-pye weed
- trusteeship — Law. the office or function of a trustee.
- trypan blue — dye used for staining cells in biological research
- tub-thumper — a vociferous supporter or promoter, as of a cause.
- tuba player — someone who plays the tuba, a valved brass instrument of bass pitch, in which the bell points upwards and the mouthpiece projects at right angles
- tulip chair — an armchair designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956, having a contoured seat of molded plastic supported by a slender, stemlike pedestal of plastic-covered cast metal that terminates in a large, flat, round foot.
- turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles