12-letter words containing t, o, p, u
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- putty powder — an abrasive consisting chiefly of stannic oxide, used for polishing hard surfaces.
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- quarter-hoop — a hoop, especially of steel, fastened around a cask between the bilge and the chime.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- recuperatory — of or relating to recovery or recuperation
- reoccupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
- reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- request stop — a point on a route at which a bus will stop only if signalled to do so
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- romp through — If you romp through something, you do it or deal with it quickly and easily.
- router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- self-support — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- separate out — filter, sift
- seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shoot-'em-up — a motion-picture or television program that emphasizes gunplay, action, and often violence.
- shut up shop — When a shop, office, or firm shuts up shop, it stops doing business and closes, either at the end of the day or permanently.
- sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
- slip through — be undetected
- slopping out — In prisons where prisoners have to use buckets as toilets, slopping out is the practice in which they empty the buckets.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- soup to nuts — (of a meal) complete or impressive in number of courses.
- soup-to-nuts — (of a meal) complete or impressive in number of courses.
- south platte — a river flowing NE from central Colorado to the Platte River in W Nebraska. 424 miles (683 km) long.
- spit it out! — say it
- sporting gun — a gun intended for hunting
- stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- status group — a social stratum sharing the same lifestyle or occupation and having the same level of prestige.
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- steatopygous — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.