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11-letter words containing c, u, i, t, e, r

  • prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
  • 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.
  • pulchritude — physical beauty; comeliness.
  • putrescible — liable to become putrid.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • recirculate — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  • 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
  • reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
  • reductively — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
  • reductivism — reductionism.
  • reduplicate — to double; repeat.
  • reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
  • refuctoring — (humour, programming)   Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
  • reinduction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
  • reinoculate — to inoculate again
  • reintroduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
  • relubricate — to lubricate again or with new lubricant
  • reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
  • reluctivity — the tendency of a magnetic circuit to conduct magnetic flux, equal to the reciprocal of the permeability of the circuit.
  • resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
  • resuscitate — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
  • reticulated — netted; covered with a network.
  • retinaculum — Anatomy, Zoology. any of various small structures that hook, clasp, or bind other structures to move them or hold them in place.
  • revictualed — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
  • rip current — undertow (def 1).
  • rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
  • rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
  • sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
  • scar tissue — connective tissue that has contracted and become dense and fibrous.
  • schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
  • scrutinised — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
  • scrutinized — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
  • scrutinizer — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
  • secure unit — A secure unit is a building or part of a building where dangerous prisoners or violent psychiatric patients are kept.
  • sericterium — a silk-producing gland in a silkworm
  • sericulture — the raising of silk worms for the production of raw silk.
  • specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
  • spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
  • sub-article — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
  • subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
  • subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
  • subliteracy — below average literacy
  • subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
  • subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
  • sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
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