12-letter words containing r, o, t, u, n
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- preconstruct — to construct beforehand
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
- print unions — the trade unions within the printing industry
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- propugnation — defence
- prostituting — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- prostitution — the act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for money.
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- protoduction — (jargon) A prototype that ends up in a production environment.
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- puck control — an offensive strategy to maintain control of the puck to prevent the other team from having scoring opportunities.
- 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.
- puncturation — the act of puncturing
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- put down for — If you put someone down for something, you write down their name and the fact that they are going to do, give, or buy that thing.
- put in order — arrange correctly
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- quarter note — a note equivalent to one fourth of a whole note; a crotchet.
- quarter tone — an interval equivalent to half of a semitone.
- quattrocento — the 15th century, used in reference to the Italian art and literature of that time.
- queen mother — a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
- quintana roo — a sparsely populated state in SE Mexico, on the E Yucatán peninsula. 19,435 sq. mi. (50,335 sq. km). Capital: Chetumal.
- quo warranto — (formerly, in England) a writ calling upon a person to show by what authority he or she claims an office, franchise, or liberty.
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- re-encounter — to encounter again
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.