12-letter words containing c, u, l, p
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- public works — government-funded construction
- puck control — an offensive strategy to maintain control of the puck to prevent the other team from having scoring opportunities.
- pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- pulp fiction — fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp.
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- punctulation — the state of being punctulate
- pure culture — the growth of only one microorganism in a culture.
- purple beech — copper beech.
- purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
- purple medic — a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in the Near East and widely cultivated as a forage crop.
- purple patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- quindecaplet — a group of 15
- recapitulate — to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
- receptacular — having the nature of, or serving as, a receptacle
- receptaculum — a vessel, receptacle or container
- reply coupon — a coupon sent with an international letter which can be exchanged for stamps sufficient to send a letter back in reply
- reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- schuman plan — the plan for establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, proposed by Robert Schuman, French political leader, in 1950.
- scolopaceous — (of birds or other animals) like a snipe, a shore bird with a straight beak
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- scrupulously — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- seed capsule — the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds; pericarp
- semipellucid — somewhat pellucid; partially translucent or transparent
- septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
- special jury — struck jury.
- special rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
- spinulescent — producing spines
- spongicolous — relating to the skeleton of some marine animals
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum