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13-letter words containing c, u, r, e, a, l

  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
  • planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
  • pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
  • polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • pre-calculate — to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute: to calculate the velocity of light.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • preacher curl — a weightlifting exercise for the biceps in which a barbell is lifted by flexing the elbows, with the upper arms resting on an angled bench
  • precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
  • precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
  • prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
  • prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
  • quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
  • re-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
  • reaccumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
  • réaumur scale — René Antoine Ferchault de [ruh-ney ahn-twan fer-shoh duh] /rəˈneɪ ɑ̃ˈtwan fɛrˈʃoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.
  • recalculation — recount, act of computing again
  • recirculation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
  • recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
  • reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
  • reinoculation — a further inoculation of the same organism as the first inoculation
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • rematriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • republicanize — to make republican.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
  • revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
  • rural science — the study and theory of agriculture, biology, ecology, and associated fields
  • sacral plexus — a nerve network originating from the nerves of the sacral spine and innervating large areas of the lower trunk and legs, especially via the sciatic nerves.
  • sclerocaulous — having a hard, dry stem
  • scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
  • security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
  • semi-circular — Something that is semi-circular has the shape of half a circle.
  • solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
  • spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
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