11-letter words containing c, u, e, i
- premier cru — See under cru.
- preoccupied — completely engrossed in thought; absorbed.
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presbycusis — the gradual loss of acute hearing with advancing age
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- prize court — a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- public debt — national debt.
- public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
- public life — public service as an elected or appointed government official.
- public sale — auction (def 1).
- publicities — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish
- puerto rico — 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.
- puffed rice — a type of puffed rice grain that is commonly used in breakfast cereals and snacks
- pulchritude — physical beauty; comeliness.
- pump prices — petrol prices
- punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
- punctuative — 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
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
- quarter cif — (communications, standard) (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
- quebec city — French Canadian capital
- quebecoises — a native or inhabitant of Quebec, especially one who is from the city of Quebec and whose native language is French.
- quezon city — a city on W central Luzon Island, in the Philippines, NE of Manila: former national capital (1948–76).
- quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- quick money — money that you make easily or quickly
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
- quickwitted — Alternative spelling of quick-witted.
- quiescently — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quinceanera — (among Hispanics in Latin America and the U.S.) a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday, marking her transition from childhood to maturity.
- quindecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- quitclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- re-acquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- recarburize — to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
- recirculate — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- reclusively — in a reclusive manner, as or like a recluse; reclusely
- reconfigure — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- recruitable — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- recruitment — the act or process of recruiting.
- recultivate — to plant, tend, harvest, or improve (plants) again
- recurringly — occurring or appearing again.