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13-letter words containing u, p, r, o, a

  • gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
  • habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
  • harry hotspur — the nickname of Sir Henry Percy
  • haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
  • hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
  • heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
  • hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
  • house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
  • house sparrow — a small, hardy, buffy-brown and gray bird, Passer domesticus, of Europe, introduced into America, Australia, etc.
  • housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
  • hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
  • hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
  • immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
  • importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
  • incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
  • indo-european — a large, widespread family of languages, the surviving branches of which include Italic, Slavic, Baltic, Hellenic, Celtic, Germanic, and Indo-Iranian, spoken by about half the world's population: English, Spanish, German, Latin, Greek, Russian, Albanian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Persian, Hindi, and Hittite are all Indo-European languages. Compare family (def 14).
  • insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
  • insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
  • isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
  • jodhpuri coat — a coat worn by men in India, similar to but shorter than a sherwani
  • labour supply — the total number of hours that workers are willing and able to be paid wages to work for
  • lake superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
  • lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
  • lap of honour — If the winner of a race or game does a lap of honour, they run or drive slowly around a race track or sports field in order to receive the applause of the crowd.
  • lauroyl group — the monovalent organic group C 12 H 23 O–, derived from lauric acid.
  • linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
  • louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
  • lump of sugar — lump1 (def 4).
  • lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
  • macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
  • maculopapular — (medicine, of a rash) Consisting of a flat, red area on the skin that is covered with small confluent bumps, as in scarlet fever and measles.
  • malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
  • measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
  • meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
  • merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
  • microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
  • microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
  • military coup — a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces
  • mispersuasion — a false or mistaken persuasion
  • modula-prolog — Adds a Prolog layer to Modula-2. "Modula-Prolog: A Software Development Tool", C. Muller IEEE Software pp.39-45 (Nov 1986).
  • moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
  • moral support — emotional assistance, encouragement
  • mount palomar — Mount, a mountain in S California, NE of San Diego: site of observatory. 6126 feet (1867 meters) high.
  • mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
  • multiplatform — Compatible with or involving more than one type of computer or operating system.
  • multipolarity — The condition of being multipolar.
  • multitemporal — (music) Having multiple tempos.
  • murder weapon — the weapon that was used in a murder
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