12-letter words containing t, r, u, e, o
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- puerto montt — a city in S Chile.
- puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- put in order — arrange correctly
- put together — assemble
- 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 note — a note equivalent to one fourth of a whole note; a crotchet.
- quarter tone — an interval equivalent to half of a semitone.
- quarter-hoop — a hoop, especially of steel, fastened around a cask between the bilge and the chime.
- quarter-hour — a period of 15 minutes.
- quattrocento — the 15th century, used in reference to the Italian art and literature of that time.
- queen mother — a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- re-encounter — to encounter again
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- recomforture — consolation; comfort
- reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- recuperatory — of or relating to recovery or recuperation
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
- regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
- rejuvenation — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- remuneration — the act of remunerating.
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renaturation — the process of returning proteins to their original state
- renouncement — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- renunciation — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
- renunciatory — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
- 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
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again