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

  • papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
  • paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
  • particularize — to make particular.
  • pastry cutter — a cutter that is used to cut pastry into shapes
  • paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
  • pay structure — a collection of pay grades or bands, which set out the different levels of pay for workers in a certain profession, etc
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
  • perspicacious — having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
  • pet insurance — health insurance for a pet
  • pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
  • pickup camper — camper (def 3).
  • picture frame — mount for a picture
  • 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.
  • pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • 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.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
  • 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.
  • pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
  • 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
  • precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
  • 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.
  • prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
  • prejudicative — tending to prejudge
  • prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
  • preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
  • probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
  • procuratorate — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
  • product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
  • pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
  • prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
  • proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • 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
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • quadruplicate — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • quarter crack — sand crack.
  • quarterbacked — Simple past tense and past participle of quarterback.
  • quarterdecker — an officer who serves on the quarterdeck; a gun situated on the quarterdeck
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