14-letter words containing t, a, u, r, s
- or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
- orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
- osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
- osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
- osteodermatous — characterized by osteodermal skin
- outer garments — the garments that are worn over a person's other clothes
- outrageousness — of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
- over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
- oxidoreductase — any of a class of enzymes that act as a catalyst, some of them conjointly, causing the oxidation and reduction of compounds.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell.
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- pasteur effect — the inhibiting of fermentation by oxygen.
- pasteurellosis — hemorrhagic septicemia.
- pasteurization — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- paternity suit — legal dispute over identity of father
- percutaneously — through the skin
- perfect square — a rational number that is equal to the square of another rational number.
- permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- persian walnut — English walnut.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
- pleasure craft — A pleasure craft is the same as a pleasure boat.
- plumber's mate — a person who helps a plumber do his or her job
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- pop-up toaster — a toaster that has a mechanism that pushes slices of toast up when they are done
- portulacaceous — belonging to the Portulacaceae, the purslane family of plants.
- postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
- postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
- postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- potts-fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
- practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.