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12-letter words containing u, p, r

  • ashurbanipal — died ?626 bc, king of Assyria (?668–?626): son of Esarhaddon. He built the magnificent palace and library at Nineveh
  • assurbanipal — Ashurbanipal
  • at a premium — If something is at a premium, it is wanted or needed, but is difficult to get or achieve.
  • atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
  • australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
  • autapomorphy — (cladistics) A derived trait that is unique to a particular taxon.
  • autoexposure — A device that sets the exposure automatically on a camera or other piece of equipment.
  • autographing — Present participle of autograph.
  • automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
  • bach trumpet — a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music
  • backpressure — a resistant pressure exerted by liquid or gas against the forward motion or flow of an exhaust or pipe system: Careful control of backpressure ensures an even supply of oil from the well.
  • bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
  • barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
  • barge couple — either of a pair of outside rafters along the gable end of a roof
  • battle group — a group of warships usually consisting of at least one aircraft carrier, other surface ships, submarines, landing craft, etc
  • bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
  • beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
  • beer parlour — a room in a tavern, hotel, etc in which beer is served
  • benzal group — the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.
  • benzyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
  • black spruce — a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles
  • blue pointer — a large shark, Isuropsis mako, of Australian coastal waters, having a blue back and pointed snout
  • blue springs — a town in W Missouri.
  • blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
  • bolt upright — If someone is sitting or standing bolt upright, they are sitting or standing very straight.
  • booster pump — A booster pump is a pump which is used where pressure is low and needs to be increased.
  • brass plaque — a brass plate screwed to a wall or other structure and engraved with a name or other information, esp to commemorate an important event
  • breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
  • breath group — a sequence of sounds articulated in the course of a single exhalation; an utterance or part of an utterance produced between pauses for breath.
  • broad jumper — a participant in the long jump.
  • buck private — a common soldier
  • buck's party — a party for men only, esp one held for a man before he is married
  • bullet-proof — Something that is bullet-proof is made of a strong material that bullets cannot pass through.
  • bumper guard — either of two vertical crosspieces attached to a bumper of a motor vehicle to prevent it from locking bumpers with another vehicle.
  • bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
  • burglarproof — safeguarded or secure against burglary.
  • burner phone — a disposable cell phone with prepaid service, often used with the intent to temporarily obscure the true identity or contact information of the user: Members of the cartel used burner phones to evade federal surveillance. I always give out the number from my burner phone when I’m going on a blind date.
  • butcher shop — a shop in which meat, poultry, and sometimes fish are sold.
  • butter paper — a semi-transparent, waterproof paper used for wrapping butter, etc
  • buying group — an association of companies who use their combined purchasing power to achieve the best prices from suppliers
  • buying power — the amount of services or goods a company, person, group or currency is able to purchase
  • buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
  • buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
  • caliper rule — a graduated rule with one sliding jaw and one that is stationary
  • camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
  • camper truck — a pickup truck having a camper mounted on the truck body.
  • cap'n crunch — Captain Crunch
  • caper spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, producing latex that is considered a possible source of crude oil and gasoline.
  • capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
  • capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
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