12-letter words containing u, n, p, r, e, a
- preinaugural — occurring before an inauguration
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- premenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- premium loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company in order that a policyholder may pay the due premium, the cash value on the policy serving as security.
- preoccupancy — the act, right, or instance of prior occupancy.
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- pro-european — of or relating to Europe or its inhabitants.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- 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.
- punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
- punta arenas — a seaport in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: the southernmost city in Chile. Formerly Magallanes.
- purlin plate — (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
- 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.
- read up (on) — to become well informed (about) by reading
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- 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.
- 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.
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
- run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run-of-paper — R.O.P.
- sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- sea purslane — a small chenopodiaceous shrub, Halimione portulacoides, of salt marshes in Eurasia and parts of Africa, having oval leaves and inconspicuous flowers
- serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
- 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.
- sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- spermagonium — Botany, Mycology. spermogonium.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- spur gearing — a system of spur gears.
- square piano — a piano with a rectangular, horizontal body.
- stauropegion — (in an autocephalous church) a monastery subject directly to the primate.
- sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
- superannuate — to allow to retire from service or office on a pension because of age or infirmity.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
- supernacular — relating to supernaculum
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop