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12-letter words containing u, s, r, p, e

  • pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
  • pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
  • quadruplexes — Plural form of quadruplex.
  • quarterpipes — Plural form of quarterpipe.
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • raphaelesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the painter Raphael.
  • reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
  • red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
  • repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
  • repercussive — causing repercussion; reverberating.
  • repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
  • repressurize — to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
  • request stop — a point on a route at which a bus will stop only if signalled to do so
  • rescue party — a group of people who attempt to rescue, find or save a person or people for danger, esp a person or people who have got lost while mountain climbing
  • respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
  • resupination — a resupinate condition.
  • resuspension — the act of suspending.
  • retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
  • retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
  • reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
  • rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
  • rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
  • rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
  • rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
  • schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • sea purslane — a small chenopodiaceous shrub, Halimione portulacoides, of salt marshes in Eurasia and parts of Africa, having oval leaves and inconspicuous flowers
  • self-support — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • semi-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
  • semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
  • separate out — filter, sift
  • seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
  • serpentarium — a place where snakes are housed, especially for exhibition.
  • serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
  • sexual spore — a spore formed after the fusion of gametes and an asexual spore is the result of asexual reproduction
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • sheep laurel — a small E North American plant (Kalmia angustifolia) of the heath family, with pinkish flowers and evergreen leaves poisonous to sheep and other animals
  • shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
  • shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
  • simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • simple sugar — monosaccharide.
  • simple syrup — a thick, sweet liquid, usually prepared from sugar and water and used chiefly as a base for soda fountain flavors.
  • sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
  • skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • smoke jumper — an employee of the forest service parachuted to strategic spots in fighting forest fires
  • solar plexus — Also called celiac plexus. Anatomy. a network of nerves situated at the upper part of the abdomen, behind the stomach and in front of the aorta.
  • somatopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the upper layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the overlying ectoderm, functioning in the formation of the body wall and amnion.
  • soporiferous — bringing sleep; soporific.
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