13-letter words containing u, p, r
- bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
- beauty parlor — A beauty parlor is a place where women can go to have beauty treatments, for example, to have their hair, nails, or makeup done.
- beaux esprits — bel esprit
- beaux-esprits — plural of bel-esprit.
- bell purchase — a tackle consisting of two standing single blocks, two running single blocks, a fall, and a runner, so arranged that it gives a mechanical advantage of six, neglecting friction.
- benzoyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 5 O–, derived from benzoic acid.
- bible-thumper — an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent of the Bible
- binary pulsar — a pulsar in a binary system.
- bio-autograph — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
- bioautography — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
- bite your lip — If you bite your lip, you try very hard not to show the anger or distress that you are feeling.
- blood product — a pharmaceutical product made from blood, such as Factor VIII
- blue copperas — a salt, copper sulfate, CuSO 4 ⋅5H 2 O, occurring naturally as large transparent, deep-blue triclinic crystals, appearing in its anhydrous state as a white powder: used chiefly as a mordant, insecticide, fungicide, and in engraving.
- bolt up right — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
- bounty jumper — in the U.S. Civil War, a man who accepted the cash bounty offered for enlisting and then deserted
- boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- bread pudding — a rich cake made with bread soaked in milk, eggs, dried fruit and spices and baked, usually eaten cold
- budget period — the time which a budget covers
- buffet supper — supper at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
- built-up roof — a usually flat or slightly sloped roof that is covered with a special material applied in sealed, waterproof layers.
- bullace grape — the thick-skinned musk-scented purple grape produced by this plant: used to make wine
- buprenorphine — an opiate used medicinally as a powerful analgesic
- burglar-proof — designed to be secure and to frustrate any attempted burglary
- business park — an area specially designated and landscaped to accommodate business offices, warehouses, light industry, etc
- business trip — a journey made somewhere and back again for business purposes in one's working capacity
- butcher paper — heavy, moisture-resistant paper, as used for wrapping meat.
- butterfly pea — any of several leguminous plants of the genus Clitoria, as C. mariana, of North America, having pale-blue flowers.
- butyrophenone — a drug used to treat psychiatric disorders
- butyryl group — the univalent group C 4 H 7 O–.
- by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
- cacodyl group — the univalent group (CH 3) 2 As−, derived from arsine.
- calliper rule — a measuring instrument having two parallel jaws, one fixed at right angles to the end of a calibrated scale and the other sliding along it
- camphoraceous — similar to camphor
- cape coloured — (formerly, in South Africa) a racial classification under apartheid for people of mixed ethnic origin
- capsule range — a small range of clothes by a particular designer, intended to be representative of the full range
- carpal tunnel — forearm to hand
- carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
- century plant — an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
- cheerer-upper — a person or thing that cheers a person up: A good joke is the best cheerer-upper.
- chemautotroph — an organism, such as a bacterium, that obtains its energy from inorganic reactions using simple compounds, such as ammonia or hydrogen sulphide
- child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chrysocarpous — bearing golden-yellow fruit.
- church parade — a parade by servicemen or members of a uniformed organization for the purposes of attending religious services
- churchmanship — The craft or skill of being a churchman. (from 17th c.).