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13-letter words containing a, c, u, r, i, e

  • nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
  • numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
  • nutraceutical — A food containing health-giving additives and having medicinal benefit.
  • oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
  • opera comique — comic opera.
  • outrecuidance — (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
  • over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
  • overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • overinsurance — (of goods or property) insurance in excess of actual value
  • paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • particularize — to make particular.
  • paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
  • perspicacious — having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
  • pet insurance — health insurance for a pet
  • pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
  • pickup camper — camper (def 3).
  • picture frame — mount for a picture
  • picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
  • pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
  • precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
  • prejudicative — tending to prejudge
  • prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
  • prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
  • proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
  • quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
  • quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
  • quincentenary — a 500th anniversary or its celebration.
  • radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
  • raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
  • re-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
  • reacquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
  • reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • readjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
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