11-letter words containing c, r, u, p
- cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- curie point — the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
- custard cup — a heat-resistant porcelain or glass cup in which an individual custard is baked.
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- cut a caper — to skip or jump playfully
- cyano group — the univalent group CN; cyanogen.
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cypherpunks — Plural form of cypherpunk.
- cypripedium — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
- disulphuric — pyrosulphuric
- dot product — inner product (def 1).
- double-crop — to raise two consecutive crops on the same land within a single growing season.
- due process — established course of legal proceedings
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- emparlaunce — an act of parleying or conferring
- encapturing — Present participle of encapture.
- end product — result of a process
- ensepulcher — (transitive) To lay in a sepulcher; to entomb.
- ensepulchre — to place into a sepulchre
- eurosceptic — Alternative form of Eurosceptic.
- exculpatory — Excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.
- fault scarp — scarp (def 1).
- fluoroscope — a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
- fluoroscopy — the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- frappuccino — Iced cappuccino.
- grape juice — nectar of the grape
- groupuscule — A political or religious splinter group.
- guide price — a speculative price for something not yet offered for sale
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypercolour — a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- importunacy — the quality or condition of being importunate; importunateness.
- incorrupted — not corrupted
- incorruptly — Without corruption.
- inculpatory — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- insculpture — an inscription or carving
- intercampus — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- issue price — The issue price of shares is the price at which they are offered for sale when they first become available to the public.