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13-letter words containing c, a, u, s, e, r

  • paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
  • pastry cutter — a cutter that is used to cut pastry into shapes
  • paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
  • pay structure — a collection of pay grades or bands, which set out the different levels of pay for workers in a certain profession, etc
  • perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
  • perspicacious — having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
  • pet insurance — health insurance for a pet
  • pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
  • pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
  • pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
  • polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
  • prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
  • proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
  • quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
  • radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
  • raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
  • rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
  • reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • réaumur scale — René Antoine Ferchault de [ruh-ney ahn-twan fer-shoh duh] /rəˈneɪ ɑ̃ˈtwan fɛrˈʃoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.
  • reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
  • refuse a card — If you refuse a card, you do not allow someone's credit card to be used to pay a bill.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • resuscitation — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
  • return crease — one of two lines marked at right-angles to each bowling crease, from inside which a bowler must deliver the ball
  • revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
  • rhesus factor — Rh factor.
  • roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
  • rogue's march — a derisive tune played to accompany a person's expulsion from a regiment, community, etc.
  • rousseauistic — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
  • ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
  • rural science — the study and theory of agriculture, biology, ecology, and associated fields
  • sacral plexus — a nerve network originating from the nerves of the sacral spine and innervating large areas of the lower trunk and legs, especially via the sciatic nerves.
  • saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • sauce supreme — suprême (def 1).
  • schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
  • sclerocaulous — having a hard, dry stem
  • scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
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