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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
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