9-letter words containing c, u, p, e
- epicurean — Of or concerning Epicurus or his ideas.
- epicurism — Epicureanism.
- epicurize — to act as an epicure
- eucalypti — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- eucalypts — Plural form of eucalypt.
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- euphenics — the study of biological improvement
- euplastic — healing quickly and well
- eurocorps — a multinational army corps based in Strasbourg and participated in by mainly EU countries
- eurocreep — the gradual introduction of the euro into use in Britain
- eurytopic — (of a species) able to tolerate a wide range of environments
- eutrophic — (of a lake or other body of water) rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, the decomposition of which kills animal life by depriving it of oxygen.
- excerptum — (from Latin) an excerpt
- exculpate — Show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.
- force cup — plunger (def 3).
- fourpence — a sum of money of the value of four English pennies.
- fucked up — to have sexual intercourse with.
- grace cup — a cup, as of wine, passed around at the end of the meal for the final health or toast.
- hacked up — (jargon, programming) Sufficiently patched, kluged, and tweaked that the surgical scars are beginning to crowd out normal tissue (compare critical mass). Not all programs that are hacked become "hacked up"; if modifications are done with some eye to coherence and continued maintainability, the software may emerge better for the experience. Contrast hack up.
- hiccupped — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- hypercube — A geometric figure in four or more dimensions that is analogous to a cube in three dimensions.
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- impudence — the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence.
- impudency — (now rare) Impudence.
- inculpate — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- juiced up — intoxicated from alcohol; drunk: When arrested he was definitely juiced.
- kampuchea — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- key punch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
- leucippus — 5th century bc Greek philosopher, who originated the atomist theory of matter, developed by his disciple, Democritus
- locked up — Synonym for hung, wedged.
- locuplete — amply stocked
- luckpenny — a coin kept for luck
- mea culpa — an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- muck heap — a pile of dung, soil or refuse
- muckheaps — Plural form of muckheap.
- mutoscope — A motion-picture device of the late nineteenth century, to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- nullspace — (math) The kernel of a linear map between two vector spaces or two modules.
- nuncupate — to state or asseverate in a serious, official, or openly acknowledged manner
- occupance — Occupancy.
- occupiers — Plural form of occupier.
- octopuses — Plural form of octopus.
- octuplets — Plural form of octuplet.
- opercular — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- operculum — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- opuscules — Plural form of opuscule.
- outplacer — a person who outplaces ex-employees
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outpriced — Simple past tense and past participle of outprice.
- paedeutic — of or relating to the study of teaching