12-letter words containing c, u, p, r
- fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
- focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
- fruit-picker — a person or a tool that picks fruit from trees
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- groupuscules — Plural form of groupuscule.
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- half-cup bra — a bra that covers three-quarters of the breasts rather than all of the breasts
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- hypersurface — a mathematical object that generalizes the concept of surface from three-dimensional Euclidean space to hyperspace.
- hypochlorous — of or derived from hypochlorous acid.
- imparticular — (proscribed) in particular.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range
- incorruption — the quality or condition of being incorrupt.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- ipecac syrup — a preparation containing ipecac in a syrupy medium, used as an emetic.
- jury process — the writ used to summon jurors
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- macrocarpous — having large fruit.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- manuscriptal — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- microscopium — a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying near Sagittarius and Capricornus
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
- muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- mucopurulent — containing or composed of mucus and pus.
- multipicture — having or involving several pictures
- multiproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- name capture — (reduction) In beta reduction, when a term containing a free occurrence of a variable v is substituted into another term where v is bound the free v becomes spuriously bound or "captured". E.g. (\ x . \ y . x y) y --> \ y . y y (WRONG) This problem arises because two distinct variables have the same name. The most common solution is to rename the bound variable using alpha conversion: (\ x . \ y' . x y') y --> \ y' . y y' Another solution is to use de Bruijn notation. Note that the argument expression, y, contained a free variable. The whole expression above must therefore be notionally contained within the body of some lambda abstraction which binds y. If we never reduce inside the body of a lambda abstraction (as in reduction to weak head normal form) then name capture cannot occur.
- nanocomputer — (architecture) /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.