11-letter words containing u, p, r, s
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- prostituted — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
- protogynous — of or relating to a flower in which the shedding of pollen occurs after the stigma has stopped being receptive; having female sex organs maturing before the male.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- proud flesh — granulation tissue.
- provascular — of or relating to procambium
- pruriginous — of, relating to, or causing prurigo.
- prusik loop — a loop formed with a sliding knot that locks under pressure in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- pseudoprime — A backgammon prime (six consecutive occupied points) with one point missing. This term is an esoteric pun derived from a mathematical method that, rather than determining precisely whether a number is prime (has no divisors), uses a statistical technique to decide whether the number is "probably" prime. A number that passes this test is called a pseudoprime. The hacker backgammon usage stems from the idea that a pseudoprime is almost as good as a prime: it does the job of a prime until proven otherwise, and that probably won't happen.
- puerilities — the state or quality of being a child.
- puff pastry — a light, flaky, rich pastry made by rolling dough with butter and folding it to form layers: used for tarts, napoleons, etc.
- pulse radar — a radar system using pulse modulation
- pump prices — petrol prices
- punch press — a power-driven machine used to cut, draw, or otherwise shape material, especially metal sheets, with dies, under pressure or by heavy blows.
- pupil nurse — a nurse who is still undergoing medical training
- purchasable — capable of being bought.
- pure reason — reason based on a priori principles and providing a unifying ground for the perception of the phenomenal world.
- purple sage — a plant, Salvia leucophylla, of the mint family, native to California, having silvery leaves and purple spikes of flowers.
- purportless — without purport
- purposeless — having no purpose or apparent meaning.
- purpresture — the wrongful enclosure of or intrusion upon lands, waters, or other property rightfully belonging to the public at large.
- purse seine — a large net towed, usually by two boats, that encloses a school of fish and is then closed at the bottom by means of a line resembling the string formerly used to draw shut the neck of a money pouch or purse
- purse-proud — proud of one's wealth, especially in an arrogant or showy manner.
- purse-seine — to fish using a purse seine.
- pursuant to — legal: in accordance with
- push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
- put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
- raptureless — without rapture
- rapturously — full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
- re-exposure — the act, state, or condition of being re-exposed
- repetiteuse — a female repetiteur, one who rehearses opera singers
- repetitious — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- republisher — a person who republishes
- repurchaser — to buy again; regain by purchase.
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- resuspended — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- ring-porous — having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
- rubbish tip — dump for refuse
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.