9-letter words containing c, u, p, e
- price cut — discount, lowering of costs
- price-cut — to reduce the price of, especially to gain a competitive advantage.
- procedure — subroutine
- procuress — a woman who procures prostitutes.
- procureur — a procurator; the chief prosecuting attorney in France (procureur général)
- producers — a person who produces.
- pronounce — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- prosecute — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- prurience — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- pubescent — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- publicise — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicize — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- pucker up — purse your lips to kiss sb
- puckerood — ruined; exhausted
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- pumiceous — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- punchless — having no punch
- punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
- punctuate — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pursuance — the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- purulence — pus.
- quadricep — Quadriceps.
- queen-cup — a North American plant, Clintonia uniflora, of the lily family, having solitary, white flowers and blue berries.
- quickstep — (formerly) a lively step used in marching.
- recapture — to capture again; recover by capture; retake.
- recompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- repercuss — to have or cause repercussions
- reproduce — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- sapsucker — any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there.
- scope out — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
- scopulate — broom-shaped; brushlike.
- scrape up — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scripture — Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
- sculpture — the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round.
- scuppered — Military. to overwhelm; surprise and destroy, disable, or massacre.
- sepulcher — a tomb, grave, or burial place.
- sepulchre — to place in a sepulcher; bury.
- siphuncle — (in a nautilus) the connecting tube that passes from the end of the body through all of the septa to the innermost chamber.
- space out — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spacesuit — a sealed and pressurized suit designed to allow the wearer to leave a pressurized cabin in outer space or at extremely high altitudes within the atmosphere.
- speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speechful — full of speech or expression
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- spicebush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
- spiculate — having the form of a spicule.
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.