11-letter words containing c, u, s, p
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cypherpunks — Plural form of cypherpunk.
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- decompounds — Plural form of decompound.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- diplococcus — any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- disculpated — Simple past tense and past participle of disculpate.
- dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
- disulphuric — pyrosulphuric
- due process — established course of legal proceedings
- duopolistic — Characteristic of a duopoly.
- duplex scan — a scan that uses sound waves to show how well the blood is flowing in arteries
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- duplicitous — marked or characterized by duplicity.
- encapsulate — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
- ensepulcher — (transitive) To lay in a sepulcher; to entomb.
- ensepulchre — to place into a sepulchre
- epicuticles — Plural form of epicuticle.
- euphemistic — Using or of the nature of a euphemism.
- eurosceptic — Alternative form of Eurosceptic.
- fault scarp — scarp (def 1).
- fluoroscope — a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
- fluoroscopy — the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- funduscopic — Relating to funduscopy.
- groupuscule — A political or religious splinter group.
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- hippocampus — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hocus-pocus — a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation.
- house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
- hpcode-plus — A descendant of HPcode with data types, developed to be an ANDF language.
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- impecunious — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- impuissance — Impotence, weakness.
- in close-up — If you see something in close-up, you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject.
- incapacious — Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
- insculpture — an inscription or carving
- intercampus — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- issue price — The issue price of shares is the price at which they are offered for sale when they first become available to the public.
- justaucorps — a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- justiceship — the office of a justice.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.