11-letter words containing r, u, p, e
- tripetalous — having three petals.
- triple jump — a jumping event for distance in which a participant leaps on one foot from a takeoff point, lands on the same foot, steps forward on the other foot, leaps, and lands on both feet.
- triptolemus — a favorite of Demeter and the inventor of the plow and patron of agriculture, connected with the Eleusinian mysteries.
- trisepalous — having three sepals.
- trispermous — having three seeds.
- trisulphide — any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms per molecule
- trout-perch — any of a family (Percopsidae) of North American freshwater bony fishes having spiny and fleshy fins, esp., a species (Percopsis omiscomaycus) of Canada and the E U.S.
- trumpet leg — a turned leg that flares upward and outward from a narrow lower end.
- trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
- trumpetweed — any of various eupatorium plants, esp joe-pye weed
- trusteeship — Law. the office or function of a trustee.
- trypan blue — dye used for staining cells in biological research
- tub-thumper — a vociferous supporter or promoter, as of a cause.
- tuba player — someone who plays the tuba, a valved brass instrument of bass pitch, in which the bell points upwards and the mouthpiece projects at right angles
- turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
- turtle soup — soup made from turtle flesh, usually of the green turtle
- typefounder — a person who casts metallic printer's type
- ultrasimple — extremely or exceptionally easy
- unaspirated — Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
- uncorrupted — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- undepressed — not despondent or sunken
- under wraps — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- underdamper — a piano damper that is found below the hammers
- underexpose — to expose either to insufficient light or to sufficient light for too short a period, as in photography.
- underkeeper — an assistant custodian or keeper
- underpinned — to prop up or support from below; strengthen, as by reinforcing a foundation.
- underpraise — to praise to a lesser degree or extent than the circumstances warrant.
- underpriced — (of an article for sale) priced at too low a level or amount
- underreport — to report fewer than the actual number or less than the true amount of
- undershapen — deficiently formed
- undersupply — a supply which is less than what is required or necessary
- undisrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- unempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- unempowered — to give power or authority to; authorize, especially by legal or official means: I empowered my agent to make the deal for me. The local ordinance empowers the board of health to close unsanitary restaurants.
- unencrypted — not enciphered or encoded; not encrypted: Unencrypted data sent over the Internet can be intercepted by hackers.
- unexperient — not experienced
- unexpressed — not expressed; not indicated or communicated, as in words, intimations, or the like: an unexpressed desire.
- ungraspable — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- unhampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- unhoped for — (esp of something pleasant) not anticipated; unexpected
- unhoped-for — unexpected; unanticipated: an unhoped-for piece of good luck.
- unimpressed — finding sth unremarkable
- uniparental — having one parent, as an organism produced by parthenogenesis.
- unipersonal — consisting of or existing as one person only.
- unoperative — having no use or effect; inoperative
- unoppressed — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- unparagoned — having no paragon; peerless
- unpatterned — having no discernable pattern
- unpedigreed — (of an animal) not purebred
- unperceived — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.