12-letter words containing u, m, p, i, r
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- proprio motu — by one's own volition; on one's own initiative.
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- puerto limon — Limón (def 2).
- pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
- pump priming — the spending of government funds in commercial enterprises, to stimulate the national economy.
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- purple medic — a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in the Near East and widely cultivated as a forage crop.
- quiz program — a radio or television program in which contestants compete, often for prizes, by answering questions.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- re-equipment — the act of re-equipping
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
- rubbish dump — a place or area where waste materials are dumped
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- running jump — a jump made after running a short distance
- scissor jump — a type of jump involving a scissor-like movement of the legs
- semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
- simple sugar — monosaccharide.
- simple syrup — a thick, sweet liquid, usually prepared from sugar and water and used chiefly as a base for soda fountain flavors.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- spermogonium — one of the cup-shaped or flask-shaped receptacles in which the spermatia of certain fungi and red algae are produced.
- spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- stirrup pump — a small hand pump held steady by a stirruplike foot bracket, often used in firefighting.
- striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
- superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supermassive — (of a black hole or star) having a mass in the range of millions or billions of times that of the sun
- supermaxilla — the upper jaw.
- superpremium — a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement, as to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.
- superrealism — photorealism.
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
- suspensorium — a part that supports or suspends, esp the mandibular suspensorium, which suspends the lower jaw from the skull
- to pump iron — If someone pumps iron, they exercise by lifting weights using special machines.
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference