12-letter words containing c, o, u, e, i
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- picture show — motion picture.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- police court — an inferior court with summary jurisdiction for the trial of persons accused of any of certain minor offenses, and with power to examine those charged with more serious offenses and hold them for trial in a superior court or for a grand jury.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- preciousness — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- preconscious — Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
- prediscourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
- pseudocyesis — false pregnancy.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- 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.
- pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
- pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- quinacridone — Any of a group of synthetic organic compounds whose molecules contain three benzene and two pyridine rings arranged alternately. They include a number of red to violet pigments.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- radio source — a cosmic object or phenomenon, as a galaxy, pulsar, quasar, or the remnant of a supernova or of a galactic collision, that emits radio waves.
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
- reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- renunciation — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
- renunciatory — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
- reoccupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.