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12-letter words containing s, u, r, e, a

  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
  • preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
  • press bureau — an organization or a department whose function is press-agentry.
  • press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
  • primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
  • pro-suffrage — the right to vote, especially in a political election.
  • proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
  • producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
  • pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
  • pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
  • pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
  • pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
  • pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
  • pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
  • pseudoscalar — a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
  • pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
  • pterosaurian — a pterosaur
  • pulp plaster — plaster containing shredded wood fiber.
  • punta arenas — a seaport in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in Chile. Formerly Magallanes.
  • purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
  • purple state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
  • put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
  • pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
  • quacksalvers — Plural form of quacksalver.
  • quadragesima — the first Sunday in Lent.
  • quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
  • quadruplexes — Plural form of quadruplex.
  • quaquaversal — (of a geological formation) sloping downward from the center in all directions.
  • quarrymaster — a person in charge of a quarry
  • quarter rest — a rest equal in time value to a quarter note.
  • quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
  • quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
  • quarterlies' — occurring, done, paid, issued, etc., at the end of every quarter of a year: a quarterly report; quarterly interest.
  • quarterpipes — Plural form of quarterpipe.
  • quarterstaff — a former English weapon consisting of a stout pole 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) long, tipped with iron.
  • quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
  • quaternities — Plural form of quaternity.
  • queen's ware — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.
  • queenslander — a native or inhabitant of Queensland
  • quinceaneras — Plural form of quinceanera.
  • rabble-rouse — to stir up the emotions or prejudices of the public; agitate.
  • race suicide — the extinction of a racial or ethnic population that tends to result when, through the unwillingness or forbearance of its members to have children, the birthrate falls below the death rate.
  • radio source — a cosmic object or phenomenon, as a galaxy, pulsar, quasar, or the remnant of a supernova or of a galactic collision, that emits radio waves.
  • rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
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