10-letter words containing u, p, a, r, o
- pupiparous — (of an insect) bearing fully developed larvae that are ready to pupate.
- purgatoire — a river in SE Colorado, flowing NE to the Arkansas River. 186 miles (299 km) long.
- put across — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- quadcopter — A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.
- quadripole — an electric circuit with two input and two output terminals
- quadrupole — a set of four associated positive and negative electric charges or two associated magnetic dipoles
- quakeproof — designed or built to withstand the destructive forces of an earthquake.
- radiopaque — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- rapporteur — a person responsible for compiling reports and presenting them, as to a governing body.
- read up on — If you read up on a subject, you read a lot about it so that you become informed about it.
- recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- repopulate — to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
- repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
- reputation — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- spread out — extend, splay
- spun rayon — yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- subprogram — procedure (def 4b).
- sugar soap — an alkaline compound used for cleaning or stripping paint
- sun parlor — a porch or room with many windows exposed to sunshine; sun porch; solarium.
- superalloy — an alloy, often with a nickel, nickel-iron, or cobalt base, capable of withstanding very high temperatures, used in jet engines, rockets, etc.
- superation — the action or process of superating, overcoming or surpassing
- superboard — a wooden board with exceptional properties of some kind
- supercargo — a merchant-ship officer who is in charge of the cargo and the commercial concerns of the voyage.
- supermacho — extremely macho
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
- tropaeolum — any garden plant of the genus Tropaeolum esp the nasturtium
- tropopause — the boundary, or transitional layer, between the troposphere and the stratosphere.
- unapproved — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- uncompared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
- unoperated — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- unpaid-for — not paid for.
- unpardoned — not excused or forgiven
- unpastoral — not used or suitable for pasture
- unprobated — Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
- unprofaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- unprovable — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- uproarious — characterized by or in a state of uproar; tumultuous.
- upwards of — toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.
- urographic — of or relating to urography
- usurpation — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- usurpatory — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.