13-letter words containing c, o, u, t, e
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- petrocurrency — money, paid in dollars, earned by a country for the exporting of petroleum
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- plectopterous — of or relating to the order Plectoptera, containing mayflies
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pneumonectomy — excision of part or all of a lung.
- pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
- point success — a peak in W central Washington, to the S of Mount Rainier, in the Cascade Range.14,158 feet (4318 meters).
- post-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- postpubescent — a young person in his or her early teens.
- pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- pre-encounter — to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
- preproduction — Movies. the steps necessary to prepare a film for production, as casting, choosing locations, and designing sets and costumes.
- price support — the maintenance of the price of a commodity, product, etc., especially by means of a public subsidy or government purchase of surpluses.
- probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
- procuratorate — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
- pronouncement — a formal or authoritative statement.
- 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.
- pseudo-poetic — of or relating to a poet or poets.
- pseudoaquatic — not aquatic but indigenous to moist regions.
- public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
- puerto cortes — a seaport in NW Honduras.
- quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
- queen consort — the wife of a ruling king.
- queen's scout — king's scout.
- quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- recalculation — recount, act of computing again
- recirculation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- reconstituted — constituted again, especially of a liquid product made by adding water to dry solids from which the water has been evaporated: reconstituted orange juice.
- record button — the button that you press on a device or remote control to begin recording sound, images, etc
- rectitudinous — characterized by or given to rectitude.