10-letter words containing c, u, e, i
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precocious — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- precursive — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- prediscuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- prejudiced — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- prejudices — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- pseudoacid — a compound that is not an acid but which undergoes certain typical reactions of an acid
- pseudocide — the act of faking one’s own death
- pubic lice — small parasites that live in pubic hair. They are also found in the armpits and eyebrows
- public eye — public attention or notice; limelight: a politician who keeps out of the public eye.
- publicised — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicness — the quality or state of being public or being owned by the public.
- puff piece — a newspaper article, book, public-relations film, etc., whose purpose is to praise or flatter.
- punch line — the climactic phrase or sentence in a joke, speech, advertisement, or humorous story that produces the desired effect.
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
- quadricone — a quadric surface swept out by a straight line that passes through a fixed point such that no straight line can intersect it at more than two points
- quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
- queen city — Toronto.
- quercitrin — A glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.
- quercitron — an oak, Quercus velutina, of eastern North America, the inner bark of which yields a yellow dye.
- quick fire — rapid continuous gunfire, esp at a moving target
- quick time — Military. a rate of marching in which 120 paces, each of 30 inches (76.2 cm), are taken in a minute.
- quick-fire — firing or equipped for firing rapidly, especially at moving targets.
- quickening — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- quicksteps — Plural form of quickstep.
- quickwater — the part of a river or other stream having a strong current.
- quiescence — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiescency — Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
- quietistic — Of or relating to quietism, a philosophy of passivity and non-involvement.
- quinacrine — an alkaloid, C 2 3 H 3 0 ClN 3 O, similar in its properties to pamaquine, used in the treatment of malaria.
- quincewort — Squinancywort.
- quincunxes — Plural form of quincunx.
- quittances — Plural form of quittance.
- race music — blues-based music or jazz by and for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was regarded as a distinctive, separate market by the music industry; early jazz or rhythm-and-blues.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- re-discuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- reacquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- recidivous — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- recontinue — to continue (an action, process or condition, etc) again after an interruption or pause
- recounting — to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
- recruiting — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- rediscount — to discount again.