10-letter words containing c, a, p, u, i
- epicranium — (anatomy) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
- epicureans — Plural form of epicurean.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- euplastics — the art of healing well
- falciparum — The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria.
- frappucino — Any of several forms of partially frozen cappuccino coffee.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- impunctual — Not punctual.
- inculpable — not culpable; blameless; guiltless.
- inculpably — In an inculpable way; blamelessly.
- inculpated — Simple past tense and past participle of inculpate.
- inculpates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inculpate.
- isopachous — having the same thickness.
- juliet cap — a skullcap, often set with pearls or other gems, worn by women for semiformal or bridal wear.
- leucopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lunch-pail — lunchbox.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- lupercalia — a festival held in ancient Rome on the 15th of February to promote fertility and ward off disasters.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- muciparous — muciferous.
- mudcapping — the process or act of blasting a rock surface with explosives
- multipacks — Plural form of multipack.
- municipals — Plural form of municipal.
- occupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- occupative — relating to work or profession
- occupiable — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- paedeutics — the study of teaching
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- paniculate — arranged in panicles.
- pannicular — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- panniculus — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- parachutic — involving a parachute
- paramecium — any ciliated freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body and a long, deep oral groove.
- paris club — an informal group of representatives from IMF member nations whose governments or central banks have lent money to governments of other countries
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- part music — music, especially vocal music, with parts for two or more independent performers.
- particular — 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.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- peculiarly — strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
- pediculate — of or related to the Pediculati, a group of teleost fishes, characterized by the elongated base of their pectoral fins, simulating an arm or peduncle.
- per curiam — by the court
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pickup arm — tone arm.
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- piscifauna — all the fishes that live in a particular place, time or habitat
- play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.