11-letter words containing u, r, a, s, e
- overmeasure — an excessive or surplus measure or amount: an overmeasure of exuberance.
- overzealous — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- pan crusher — A pan crusher is a crusher in which solids are broken by a wheel which is turning in a pan.
- papyraceous — papery.
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- parasuicide — the deliberate infliction of injury on oneself or the taking of a drug overdose as an attempt at suicide which may not be intended to be successful
- parkersburg — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- pass muster — to assemble (troops, a ship's crew, etc.), as for battle, display, inspection, orders, or discharge.
- pasteurella — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pasturella, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for humans and animals.
- pasteurised — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pasteurizer — an apparatus for pasteurizing milk and other liquids.
- pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- pastureland — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.
- pastureless — without pasture, free of pasture
- pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- perlustrate — to inspect thoroughly; to make a thorough examination of (something), esp to intercept and read (letters) for purposes of surveillance; to travel through and survey (a region)
- perpetuates — to make perpetual.
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- persuadable — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- persuasible — capable of being persuaded; open to or yielding to persuasion.
- persulphate — a sulphuric acid salt of a base peroxide
- peru balsam — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
- pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
- piperaceous — belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.
- plastiqueur — a person, especially a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs.
- plateresque — noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.
- pleasurable — such as to give pleasure; enjoyable; agreeable; pleasant: a pleasurable experience.
- pleasureful — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- pluriserial — having many series or rows
- precalculus — pertaining to the mathematical prerequisites for the study of calculus, as algebra, analytical geometry, and trigonometry.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- prepurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- prussianize — to make Prussian, as in character, method, organization, etc.
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- pulse radar — a radar system using pulse modulation
- 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.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quacksalver — a quack doctor.
- quadrangles — Plural form of quadrangle.
- quadratures — Plural form of quadrature.
- quadruplets — Plural form of quadruplet.
- quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quarantines — Plural form of quarantine.