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

  • snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
  • space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
  • spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
  • specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
  • spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
  • speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • speculatist — a person who speculates
  • speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • spiculation — formation into spicules.
  • stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
  • static dump — a transfer of the contents of computer memory made at a time when the process is guaranteed to be inactive, as at the end of a routine.
  • stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
  • stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
  • stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
  • sub-captain — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
  • sub-company — subsidiary company.
  • subcapsular — of, in, or like a capsule.
  • subscapular — situated beneath or on the deep surface of the scapula, as a muscle.
  • substance p — a small peptide released upon stimulation in the nervous system and involved in regulation of the pain threshold.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • summer camp — a camp, especially one for children during the summer, providing facilities for sleeping and eating, and usually for handicrafts, sports, etc.
  • superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
  • superagency — a very large agency, especially a large government agency that oversees smaller ones.
  • supercharge — to charge with an abundant or excessive amount, as of energy, emotion, or tension.
  • superficial — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
  • superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
  • superscalar — (of a computer) performing several tasks at once
  • supplicavit — a mandatory writ formerly issued from the King's Bench or Court of Chancery
  • support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
  • supracostal — above the rib
  • supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
  • susceptance — the imaginary component of admittance, equal to the quotient of the negative of the reactance divided by the sum of the squares of the reactance and resistance. Symbol: B.
  • suspectable — that could be suspected
  • suspicional — of or relating to suspicion, especially morbid or insane suspicions.
  • tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
  • tegucigalpa — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
  • tehuantepecIsthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
  • therapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
  • top-up card — a card bought by a mobile phone user entitling him or her to a stipulated amount of credit for future calls
  • touch paper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • touch plate — a pewter plate belonging to a guild of pewterers and bearing samples of the touchmarks of all pewterers belonging to the guild.
  • tricuspidal — having three cusps
  • tulip chair — an armchair designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956, having a contoured seat of molded plastic supported by a slender, stemlike pedestal of plastic-covered cast metal that terminates in a large, flat, round foot.
  • ucsd pascal — Pascal-P
  • unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
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