10-letter words containing r, e, p, u
- psalterium — the omasum.
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- puberulent — minutely pubescent.
- publishers — a publishing company
- puducherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
- puerperium — the four-week period following childbirth.
- puff adder — a large, thick-bodied, African viper, Bitis arietans, that inflates its body and hisses when disturbed.
- puff-adder — a large, thick-bodied, African viper, Bitis arietans, that inflates its body and hisses when disturbed.
- pull wires — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- pulse rate — the rate of the pulse: stated in pulsations per minute.
- pulsimeter — an instrument for measuring the strength or quickness of the pulse.
- pulsometer — a pulsimeter.
- pulverable — capable of being pulverized; pulverizable.
- pulverized — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pulverizer — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- pump-water — water that has been sourced from under soil level by means of a pump
- pumpkineer — pumpkin
- puntarenas — a seaport in W Costa Rica.
- puntillero — (in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.
- pupigerous — (of an insect) having a pupa
- pure laine — (in Quebec) a person belonging to a long-established family of French descent
- pure vowel — a vowel that is pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthong
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- purgatoire — a river in SE Colorado, flowing NE to the Arkansas River. 186 miles (299 km) long.
- puritanize — to (cause to) behave like a puritan
- purposeful — having a purpose.
- purse crab — coconut crab.
- pursership — the position of purser
- purtenance — the liver, heart, and lungs of an animal.
- purveyance — the act of purveying.
- putrescent — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
- pyrolusite — a common mineral, manganese dioxide, MnO 2 , the principal ore of manganese, used in various manufactures, as a decolorizer of brown or green tints in glass, and as a depolarizer in dry-cell batteries.
- quadcopter — A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
- quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
- quadriplex — A building divided into four self-contained residences.
- quadripole — an electric circuit with two input and two output terminals
- quadrupeds — Plural form of quadruped.
- quadrupled — fourfold; consisting of four parts: a quadruple alliance.
- quadruples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple.
- quadruplet — any group or combination of four.
- quadruplex — fourfold; quadruple.
- quadrupole — a set of four associated positive and negative electric charges or two associated magnetic dipoles
- quakeproof — designed or built to withstand the destructive forces of an earthquake.
- quersprung — a jump turn in which a skier lands at right angles to the pole or poles.
- quivertips — Plural form of quivertip.
- qwertyuiop — Filler text.
- radiopaque — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.