12-letter words containing p, u, t, r, e
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- preconstruct — to construct beforehand
- predeparture — of, pertaining to or implemented during the stage prior to departure
- preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- premium-rate — (relating to telephone calls) charged at a higher than standard rate
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- preposterous — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
- prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- prerequisite — required beforehand: a prerequisite fund of knowledge.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
- prestructure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- presumptuous — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- pro-equality — the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- proudhearted — full of pride.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- puerto montt — a city in S Chile.
- puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- pulp plaster — plaster containing shredded wood fiber.
- punta arenas — a seaport in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in Chile. Formerly Magallanes.
- puppeteering — a person who manipulates puppets, as in a puppet show.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- pure culture — the growth of only one microorganism in a culture.
- pure-hearted — (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless.
- purlin plate — (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
- purple heart — a medal awarded for wounds received in action against an enemy or as a direct result of an act of the enemy.
- purple patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
- purple state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- put in order — arrange correctly
- put it there — You say 'Put it there!' to someone when you are asking them to shake hands with you, because you agree with them or want to congratulate them.
- put together — assemble