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12-letter words containing c, a, p, u, n

  • pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
  • pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
  • panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
  • panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
  • papal nuncio — someone, such as an archbishop, who is a state's representative of or ambassador to the Pope
  • patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
  • paul-boncour — Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1873–1972, French lawyer and statesman: premier 1932–33.
  • peacefulness — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
  • pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
  • pedunculated — having a peduncle.
  • pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
  • percussional — of or relating to percussion
  • percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
  • pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
  • pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
  • plant-cutter — any of several South American, passerine birds of the family Phytotomidae, superficially resembling grosbeaks but having serrated edges on the bill that aid in cutting leaves and other plant food.
  • platanaceous — relating to the family Platanaceae
  • plenum cable — (hardware)   Cable that can be (legally) installed in the plenum (the space between a ceiling and the floor above it). Such cable is (usually) teflon-coated so that it will not give off toxic fumes when burned. In some parts of the world such cable is required by law.
  • plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
  • pneumaticity — the condition of being pneumatic
  • pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
  • pneumococcal — a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
  • poison sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus vernix (or Toxicodendron vernix), of swampy areas of the eastern U.S., having pinnate leaves and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.
  • polynucleate — having many nuclei.
  • ponce around — If you say that someone is poncing around or poncing about, you mean that they are not doing something properly, quickly, or seriously.
  • porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
  • porcelaneous — a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature.
  • post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • pre-issuance — the act of issuing.
  • preannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
  • preassurance — a guarantee or assurance offered beforehand
  • precancerous — showing pathological changes that may be preliminary to malignancy.
  • preoccupancy — the act, right, or instance of prior occupancy.
  • press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
  • proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
  • productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
  • protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
  • protuberancy — protuberance.
  • pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
  • puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
  • pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
  • punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
  • punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
  • punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
  • punctulation — the state of being punctulate
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