11-letter words containing u, n, a, p, r
- paper round — job delivering newspapers
- paper-bound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
- parachuting — descent using parachute
- paramountcy — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- park avenue — a wide street in New York City traditionally associated with luxurious residential and professional buildings, fashionable living, and high society.
- parodontium — periodontium.
- parturition — the process of bringing forth young.
- pass around — distribute, circulate
- pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- paumgartner — Bernhard [bern-hahrt] /ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist.
- peano curve — a curve that passes through every point of a two-dimensional region.
- peanut worm — any small, unsegmented, marine worm of the phylum Sipuncula, that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body, giving the appearance of a peanut seed.
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- pentangular — having five angles and five sides; pentagonal.
- perduration — the act of lasting forever or enduring continually; the capacity to endure indefinitely
- pericranium — the outer periosteum of the cranium.
- perinuclear — situated near or occurring around the nucleus.
- permutation — the act of permuting or permutating; alteration; transformation.
- perpetuance — to make perpetual.
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- piano tuner — a person who tunes pianos and sometimes other keyboard instruments.
- piss around — If you say that someone pisses around or pisses about, you mean they waste a lot of time doing unimportant things.
- plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
- planetarium — an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- planuliform — resembling a planula
- play around — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play truant — be absent from school without permission
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- plumularian — a member of the genus Plumularia
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
- pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
- pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
- point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
- poke around — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- polonnaruwa — a town in E central Sri Lanka: Buddhist ruins.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- portmanteau — a case or bag to carry clothing in while traveling, especially a leather trunk or suitcase that opens into two halves.
- poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
- preannounce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- preaudience — the right to be given an audience before other people; the privilege of being the first to be heard