11-letter words containing c, u, p, l, e
- optocoupler — An optoisolator.
- palace coup — a challenge to or overthrow of a sovereign or other leader by members of the ruling family or group.
- panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
- particulate — of, relating to, or composed of distinct particles.
- peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
- peculiarize — to make peculiar, unusual, distinguished, etc.
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pediculated — having a stalk or stalks
- pediculosis — the state of being infested with lice.
- pedunculate — having a peduncle.
- pellucidity — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- penicillium — any fungus of the genus Penicillium, certain species of which are used in cheesemaking and as the source of penicillin.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- perinuclear — situated near or occurring around the nucleus.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- persulfuric — denoting a type of acid
- phlyctenule — a small phlyctena
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- place value — the value of the place, or position, of a digit in a number or series: In the number 794, the location of the digit 4 has a place value of one.
- place-value — the value of the place, or position, of a digit in a number or series: In the number 794, the location of the digit 4 has a place value of one.
- pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- polyculture — the raising at the same time and place of more than one species of plant or animal.
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- pop culture — cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- pre-closure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- pre-culture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- pre-lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- precalculus — pertaining to the mathematical prerequisites for the study of calculus, as algebra, analytical geometry, and trigonometry.
- precultural — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
- prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
- preschedule — taking place ahead of schedule
- produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- public debt — national debt.
- public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
- public life — public service as an elected or appointed government official.
- public sale — auction (def 1).
- publicities — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
- pulchritude — physical beauty; comeliness.
- punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
- punctulated — bearing small spots or dots
- purchasable — capable of being bought.