13-letter words containing s, i, o, u
- 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.
- pro-communist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
- program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
- proliferously — by proliferation
- promiscuously — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
- 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.
- psammophilous — living or growing in sand
- pseudisodomic — (of ashlar) composed of stones having the same length, laid in courses of different heights.
- pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- pseudo-poetic — of or relating to a poet or poets.
- pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- pseudoaquatic — not aquatic but indigenous to moist regions.
- pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- pseudoscience — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
- public school — (in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
- public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
- pucciniaceous — (of a fungus) belonging to the genus Puccinia
- pudding stone — conglomerate (def 3).
- punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- puritan spoon — a silver spoon having an ovoid bowl and a straight, flat, completely plain stem.
- purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
- pusillanimous — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadrifarious — having four parts
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
- quasi-totally — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- 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.
- question time — a time set aside in a session during which members of a parliament may question a minister or ministers regarding state affairs.
- questionaries — Plural form of questionary.
- questioningly — In a questioning manner.
- 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.