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13-letter words containing s, e, r, i, o, u

  • oversubscribe — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
  • perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
  • perspicacious — having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
  • petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • post-freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
  • postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
  • precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
  • presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
  • pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • price support — the maintenance of the price of a commodity, product, etc., especially by means of a public subsidy or government purchase of surpluses.
  • profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
  • proliferously — by proliferation
  • prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
  • proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
  • public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
  • purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
  • quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
  • quaternionist — a mathematician who works with quaternions
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • questionaries — Plural form of questionary.
  • questionnaire — a list of questions, usually printed, submitted for replies that can be analyzed for usable information: a questionnaire used in market research.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
  • raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
  • reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • reconstituted — constituted again, especially of a liquid product made by adding water to dry solids from which the water has been evaporated: reconstituted orange juice.
  • rectitudinous — characterized by or given to rectitude.
  • red delicious — a deep-red type of Delicious apple.
  • redissolution — the act of redissolving
  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • reinstitution — an organization, establishment, foundation, society, or the like, devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, especially one of a public, educational, or charitable character: This college is the best institution of its kind.
  • religiousness — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • rendezvousing — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
  • repercussions — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
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