11-letter words containing a, p, i, c, u
- occupancies — Plural form of occupancy.
- occupations — Plural form of occupation.
- octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- packing nut — a nut that serves to condense packing and so to tighten its seal.
- painted cup — any of several semiparasitic plants of the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, having highly colored dilated bracts about the flowers.
- parachuting — descent using parachute
- parachutist — sb who makes parachute jumps
- paramaecium — a microscopic unicellular ciliate protozoa
- 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
- particulars — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- particulate — of, relating to, or composed of distinct particles.
- party music — music for or at a party
- pasticheuse — a woman who makes or composes a pastiche.
- patch quilt — a patchwork quilt
- peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
- peculiarize — to make peculiar, unusual, distinguished, etc.
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pediculated — having a stalk or stalks
- pericardium — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
- pericranium — the outer periosteum of the cranium.
- perinuclear — situated near or occurring around the nucleus.
- pi-calculus — (theory) A process algebra in which channel names can act both as transmission medium and as transmitted data. Its basic atomic actions are individual point to point communications which are nondeterministically selected and globally sequentialised.
- piacularity — the state of being piacular
- piano music — printed music intended to be played on the piano
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- picture hat — a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.
- piperaceous — belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.
- plaid cymru — the Welsh nationalist party
- platykurtic — (of a frequency distribution) less concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- pluralistic — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
- pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
- 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