11-letter words containing r, e, p, u
- homopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
- horned pout — a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
- hot jupiter — any of a class of large, hot, gaseous planets similar to Jupiter in mass but outside our solar system.
- house group — a group of Christians who regularly meet to worship, study the Bible, etc, in someone's house
- house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
- house-proud — taking pride in one's house and housekeeping.
- housekeeper — a person, often hired, who does or directs the domestic work and planning necessary for a home, as cleaning or buying food.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
- houseperson — someone who manages a household; househusband or housewife.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypercolour — a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature
- hyperimmune — protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
- hypernymous — Having the qualities of a hypernym.
- hypersexual — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- imperiously — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- imponderous — (obsolete) imponderable.
- importunate — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- importunely — (obsolete) In an importune manner.
- imprudently — Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
- incorrupted — not corrupted
- infopreneur — a person whose business is gathering, processing, and providing information to advertising, marketing, and other firms.
- inopportune — not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable: an inopportune visit.
- insculpture — an inscription or carving
- insuperable — incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted: an insuperable barrier.
- insuperably — In an insuperable manner.
- intercampus — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
- interrupter — a person or thing that interrupts.
- iron-pumper — a person who pumps iron; weightlifter.
- irreputable — (obsolete) disreputable.
- isoxsuprine — a sympathomimetic vasodilator, C 18 H 23 NO 3 , used in certain types of peripheral vascular disease.
- issue price — The issue price of shares is the price at which they are offered for sale when they first become available to the public.
- iteroparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit more than once (usually many times) before dying
- jumpmasters — Plural form of jumpmaster.
- jumpstarted — Simple past tense and past participle of jumpstart.
- juniper oil — an oil obtained from the berries or wood of the common juniper, Juniperus communis.
- juniper tar — a medicinal tar derived from the European juniper Juniperus oxycedrus: used topically in the treatment of certain skin diseases.
- knee-sprung — (of a horse, mule, etc.) having a forward bowing of the knee caused by shortening of the flexor tendons.
- krugersdorp — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa, NW of Johannesburg.
- kuiper belt — a disk-shaped region on the edge of the solar system that contains masses of ice and icy rock, believed to be the source of comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years. Compare Oort cloud.
- last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- leper house — a hospital for lepers; leprosarium.
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.