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13-letter words containing c, u, e, i

  • outrecuidance — (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
  • outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
  • over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
  • over-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • overconscious — excessively conscious
  • overcredulity — Excessive credulity.
  • overeducation — 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.
  • overinsurance — (of goods or property) insurance in excess of actual value
  • oversubscribe — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • panleucopenia — a viral disease of cats marked by a deficiency of white blood cells
  • paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • particularize — to make particular.
  • paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
  • peace studies — a field of political science which examines how to reduce conflicts
  • pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
  • pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, 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.
  • perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
  • perspicacious — having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
  • pet insurance — health insurance for a pet
  • pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
  • pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
  • pickup camper — camper (def 3).
  • picture frame — mount for a picture
  • picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
  • picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
  • picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
  • pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • pluripresence — presence in more than one place at the same time
  • pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • point success — a peak in W central Washington, to the S of Mount Rainier, in the Cascade Range.14,158 feet (4318 meters).
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-discussed — 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.
  • 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.
  • precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
  • precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
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