11-letter words containing t, a, u, r, s
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- perlustrate — to inspect thoroughly; to make a thorough examination of (something), esp to intercept and read (letters) for purposes of surveillance; to travel through and survey (a region)
- perpetuates — to make perpetual.
- persulphate — a sulphuric acid salt of a base peroxide
- pisistratus — c605–527 b.c, tyrant of Athens 560–527 (father of Hipparchus and Hippias).
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- plateresque — noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- pluralistic — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- postulatory — of or relating to a postulate or assumption
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
- puff pastry — a light, flaky, rich pastry made by rolling dough with butter and folding it to form layers: used for tarts, napoleons, etc.
- pursuant to — legal: in accordance with
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quadrantids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Quadran·tid me·teor show·er) visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.
- quadratures — Plural form of quadrature.
- quadrigatus — a silver coin of ancient Rome, bearing an image of Jupiter in a quadriga on the reverse.
- quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
- quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quarantines — Plural form of quarantine.
- quarterlies — Plural form of quarterly.
- quaternions — Plural form of quaternion.
- quatre bras — a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- quaver rest — a musical rest or silence that lasts for the equivalent of a quaver or eighth note
- questionary — a questionnaire.
- quitchgrass — Elymus repens.
- quizmasters — Plural form of quizmaster.
- rabbitbrush — any of several composite shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having whitish, hairy branches and yellow flowers.
- radiculitis — inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
- raptureless — without rapture
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- raster burn — 1. (Or terminal illness) Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-resolution, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, especially graphics monitors. 2. The "burn-in" condition your CRT tends to get if you don't use a screen saver.
- rattle-bush — blue false indigo.
- re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- re-situated — to put in or on a particular site or place; locate.
- restaurants — an establishment where meals are served to customers.
- restimulate — to stimulate again, reactivate
- resultantly — that results; following as a result or consequence.
- resultative — (in grammar) a phrase which describes the state of a noun by completing the verb phrase
- resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
- resuscitate — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
- retrosexual — a heterosexual man who spends little time and money on his personal appearance
- retroussage — the technique or action, in etching or engraving, of drawing up ink from within the incised lines of an inked plate by deftly passing a soft cloth across its surface in order to spread ink to the adjacent areas.
- reusability — reuse
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.