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11-letter words containing c, a, r, n, u

  • prejudicant — judging beforehand
  • preoccupant — a previous occupant
  • prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
  • proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
  • procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
  • procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
  • pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
  • puritanical — very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
  • quadrasonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
  • quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
  • quechumaran — a proposed language stock comprising Quechua and Aymara
  • quinceanera — (among Hispanics in Latin America and the U.S.) a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday, marking her transition from childhood to maturity.
  • radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
  • ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
  • re-acquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
  • re-announce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
  • reannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
  • reassurance — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
  • rectangular — shaped like a rectangle.
  • red currant — any of various currant shrubs of the genus Ribes, bearing an edible, red fruit.
  • reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
  • reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
  • reinoculate — to inoculate again
  • reinsurance — the process or business of reinsuring.
  • relaunching — an act or instance of launching something again.
  • reluctantly — unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.
  • reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
  • resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
  • retinaculum — Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place.
  • rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
  • roman curia — the judicial and executive organizations of the papal see comprising the government of the Catholic Church.
  • roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
  • rosicrucian — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a person who belonged to a secret society laying claim to various forms of occult knowledge and power and professing esoteric principles of religion.
  • rouen lilac — a shrub, Syringa chinensis, of France, having clusters of fragrant, lilac-purple flowers.
  • round dance — a dance performed by couples and characterized by circular or revolving movement, as the waltz.
  • round-faced — having a face that is round.
  • roundarched — having semicircular arches
  • rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
  • rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
  • ruridecanal — relating to a rural dean
  • rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
  • rusticating — to go to the country.
  • rustication — Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
  • saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
  • sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
  • sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
  • sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
  • sarus crane — a large, gray crane, Grus antigone, of Asia, having a naked, red head.
  • sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
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