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19-letter words containing c, a, l, u, p, e

  • subnuclear particle — any of the elementary particles, including those that do not exist in stable matter but appear as a result of high-energy collisions of other particles or nuclei.
  • supercritical fluid — A supercritical fluid is a fluid at a temperature and pressure at which there is no difference between liquid and gas.
  • surplus reinsurance — Surplus reinsurance is reinsurance of amounts over a specified amount of insurance.
  • take up the cudgels — If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them.
  • teacher-pupil ratio — the number of teachers relative to the number of pupils in a particular school
  • telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
  • the compassion club — (in Canada) a nonprofit organization that provides uncontaminated cannabis for medical purposes and natural therapies in a safe environment
  • theatrical producer — a person who is responsible for all aspects of a theatrical production
  • therapeutic cloning — the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
  • tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)
  • tussock caterpillar — the larva of a tussock moth.
  • ultracrepidarianism — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
  • universal recipient — a person with blood type AB, able to receive blood from a person of any blood type but able to donate blood only to a person with the same blood type
  • unnatural practices — acts which are deemed to be contrary to expected standards of human behaviour
  • upset the applecart — a pushcart used by a vendor of apples.
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