10-letter words containing r, u, n, o
- overrunner — someone who or something that overruns
- overstrung — overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge: Their nerves were badly overstrung.
- overturned — to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
- overturner — a person who overturns
- oxyneurine — betaine.
- panivorous — subsisting on bread; bread-eating.
- papandreou — Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (George) 1919–1996, Greek political leader: premier 1981–89 (son of George Papandreou).
- paperbound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- perdu-mont — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of Monte Perdido.
- perigonium — the envelope of modified leaves surrounding the antheridia in mosses.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- peritoneum — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- pleno jure — with full authority.
- pleurodont — fused or attached to the inner edge of the jaw, as a tooth.
- plow under — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- pneumogram — a record of respiratory movements
- pnu-prolog — A parallel extension of NU-Prolog, implemented as a preproccessor.
- pony truss — a through bridge truss having its deck between the top and bottom chords and having no top lateral bracing.
- porousness — full of pores.
- port huron — a port in SE Michigan, on the St. Clair River, at the S end of Lake Huron.
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- poultryman — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- pour it on — to flatter profusely
- pour point — the lowest temperature at which a substance will flow under given conditions.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- procumbent — lying on the face; prone; prostrate.
- procurance — the act of bringing about or getting something; agency; procurement.
- production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- profluence — abundance
- profounder — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profoundly — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profulgent — radiant
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- proinsulin — the prohormone of insulin, converted into insulin by enzymatic removal of part of the molecule.
- pronounced — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
- pronouncer — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- propounder — to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
- propulsion — the act or process of propelling.