11-letter words containing c, o, u, a
- preannounce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- preoccupate — to influence or occupy the mind in advance
- 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.
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- procuration — the act of obtaining or getting; procurement.
- procuratory — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- provascular — of or relating to procambium
- provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- pump-action — (of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.
- punctuation — the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.
- punicaceous — of or relating to the family Punicaceae, containing the pomegranates
- purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- 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.
- quail clock — a clock that announces the hours by a sound resembling that of a quail.
- quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
- quick ratio — A quick ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets minus inventories by current liabilities.
- quindecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- quizzacious — (nonce, obsolete) Mocking or satirical.
- race-course — racetrack.
- racecourses — Plural form of racecourse.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- 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-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- 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.
- recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
- recuperator — a person or thing that recuperates.
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
- reinoculate — to inoculate again
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- 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.
- rotary club — a local club of business and professional men that is a member of a world-wide organization of similar clubs (Rotary International) devoted to serving the community and promoting world peace.
- 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.