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11-letter words containing c, u, r, e, t

  • preoccupant — a previous occupant
  • preoccupate — to influence or occupy the mind in advance
  • prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
  • pretty much — mostly
  • prize court — a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war.
  • procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
  • proctodaeum — proctodeum.
  • procurement — the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.
  • producement — production
  • productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
  • prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
  • prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
  • prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
  • provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
  • puerto rico — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
  • pulchritude — physical beauty; comeliness.
  • putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
  • putrescible — liable to become putrid.
  • quarter cif — (communications, standard)   (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
  • quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
  • quarterdeck — the part of a weather deck that runs aft from the midship area or the mainmast to the stern or poop of a vessel.
  • quarterpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only.
  • racquetball — a game similar to handball, played on a four-walled court but with a short-handled, strung racket and a larger, somewhat softer ball.
  • radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • re-accustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
  • re-acquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
  • recalculate — to calculate again, especially for the purpose of finding an error or confirming a previous computation.
  • recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
  • recirculate — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  • reconducted — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
  • reconstruct — to construct again; rebuild; make over.
  • recountment — the act or process of recounting or reciting something
  • recruitable — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
  • recruitment — the act or process of recruiting.
  • rectangular — shaped like a rectangle.
  • recultivate — to plant, tend, harvest, or improve (plants) again
  • recuperator — a person or thing that recuperates.
  • recurrently — that recurs; occurring or appearing again, especially repeatedly or periodically.
  • red currant — any of various currant shrubs of the genus Ribes, bearing an edible, red fruit.
  • reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
  • reductively — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
  • reductivism — reductionism.
  • reduplicate — to double; repeat.
  • reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
  • refuctoring — (humour, programming)   Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
  • reinduction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
  • reinoculate — to inoculate again
  • reintroduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
  • relubricate — to lubricate again or with new lubricant
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