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11-letter words containing a, c, i, u

  • preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
  • preaudience — the right to be given an audience before other people; the privilege of being the first to be heard
  • precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
  • prejudicant — judging beforehand
  • prejudicate — to judge beforehand
  • prejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
  • procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
  • public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
  • public sale — auction (def 1).
  • publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
  • pulp cavity — the entire space occupied by pulp, composed of the root canal and pulp chamber.
  • pump-action — (of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.
  • punctualist — a person who is concerned with points of conduct
  • punctuality — the quality or state of being punctual.
  • punctuation — the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.
  • punctuative — the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.
  • punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
  • purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
  • puritanical — very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
  • quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
  • quadratical — (rare) quadratic.
  • quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
  • quail clock — a clock that announces the hours by a sound resembling that of a quail.
  • quarter cif — (communications, standard)   (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
  • quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
  • quick grass — the couch grass, Agropyron repens.
  • quick march — a march in quick time.
  • quick ratio — A quick ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets minus inventories by current liabilities.
  • quick-hatch — a wolverine.
  • quick-march — a march in quick time.
  • quinceanera — (among Hispanics in Latin America and the U.S.) a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday, marking her transition from childhood to maturity.
  • quincuncial — consisting of, arranged, or formed like a quincunx or quincunxes.
  • quincunxial — Alternative spelling of quincuncial.
  • quindecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
  • quinic acid — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, solid cyclic compound, C 7 H 1 2 O 6 , present in cinchona bark, coffee beans, and the leaves of many plants.
  • quitchgrass — Elymus repens.
  • quitclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim.
  • quizzacious — (nonce, obsolete) Mocking or satirical.
  • quizzically — odd, queer, or comical.
  • radiculitis — inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
  • radiocesium — cesium 137.
  • radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • re-acquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
  • recarburize — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
  • recirculate — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  • recruitable — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
  • recultivate — to plant, tend, harvest, or improve (plants) again
  • reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
  • reduplicate — to double; repeat.
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