12-letter words containing r, a, u, s
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- pre-issuance — the act of issuing.
- pre-purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- preassurance — a guarantee or assurance offered beforehand
- precancerous — showing pathological changes that may be preliminary to malignancy.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- press bureau — an organization or a department whose function is press-agentry.
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- pro-suffrage — the right to vote, especially in a political election.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- 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.
- prussic acid — weakly acidic extremely poisonous aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide
- pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
- pseudoscalar — a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- 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.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- 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.
- push forward — keep advancing
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- quacksalvers — Plural form of quacksalver.
- quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
- quadrillions — Plural form of quadrillion.
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quadrisonics — quadraphony.
- quadrumanous — four-handed; having all four feet adapted for use as hands, as monkeys.
- quadruplexes — Plural form of quadruplex.
- quai d'orsay — the quay along the south bank of the Seine in Paris, on which are located the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other French government offices.
- quaquaversal — (of a geological formation) sloping downward from the center in all directions.
- quarrymaster — a person in charge of a quarry