9-letter words containing c, l, u, p, e
- opuscules — Plural form of opuscule.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- parbuckle — a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- pediculus — a louse
- petulance — moodiness, irritability
- pleuritic — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- plicature — the act or procedure of folding.
- pocketful — the amount that a pocket will hold.
- poeticule — an inferior poet
- pollucite — a colourless rare mineral consisting of a hydrated caesium aluminium silicate, often containing some rubidium. It occurs in coarse granite, esp in Manitoba, and is an important source of caesium. Formula: CsAlSi2O6.1⁄2H2O
- poulticed — a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs, etc., applied hot as a medicament to the body.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- precluded — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- preocular — a scale in front of the eye of a reptile or fish
- publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicize — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- punchless — having no punch
- punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
- purulence — pus.
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- sculpture — the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- sepulcher — a tomb, grave, or burial place.
- sepulchre — to place in a sepulcher; bury.
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speechful — full of speech or expression
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- supercell — a highly organized thunderstorm that can last for several hours, capable of producing both updrafts and downdrafts exceeding 100 miles per hour, large hailstones, tornadoes, and flash flooding (often used attributively): a supercell in Kansas City; supercell storms.
- superclub — a large or important club or society
- supercoil — superhelix.
- supercold — extremely cold
- supercool — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- teacupful — as much as a teacup will hold, equal to 4 fluid ounces (113 grams).
- turcopole — during the Crusades, a type of lightly armed and low-ranking soldier belonging to the Order of St John of Jerusalem, used mainly as mounted archers and scouts
- uncapable — incapable.
- unclamped — to fasten with or fix in a clamp.
- uncleship — the position or status of an uncle; the condition of being an uncle
- uncoupler — an agent responsible for the uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation
- uncrumple — to eliminate crumples from
- unplucked — to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
- unpoliced — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- vulpecula — a faint constellation in the N hemisphere lying between Cygnus and Aquila
- vulpicide — the act of killing a fox other than by hunting it with hounds.