11-letter words containing d, e, c, u
- pediculosis — the state of being infested with lice.
- pediococcus — any of several spherical, facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Pediococcus, producing acid and clouding in beer and wort.
- pedunculate — having a peduncle.
- peking duck — a Chinese dish consisting of roast duck with a crispy skin; the meat is served with strips of vegetables, steamed pancakes, and hoisin sauce
- pellucidity — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- pericardium — the membranous sac enclosing the heart.
- photoreduce — to undergo or to cause to undergo photoreduction
- picket duty — the activity of standing outside an establishment to make a protest, to dissuade or prevent employees or clients from entering, etc
- piped music — Piped music is recorded music which is played in some supermarkets, restaurants, and other public places.
- pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- pound-force — a foot-pound-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity when acting on a mass of one pound. Abbreviation: lbf.
- preaudience — the right to be given an audience before other people; the privilege of being the first to be heard
- prejudicant — judging beforehand
- prejudicate — to judge beforehand
- prejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- prejudicing — any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.
- preoccupied — completely engrossed in thought; absorbed.
- preschedule — taking place ahead of schedule
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- producement — production
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- pseudo-code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
- pseudoscope — an optical instrument for producing an image in which the depth or relief of an object is reversed.
- pseudoscopy — the use of a pseudoscope.
- public debt — national debt.
- puffed rice — a type of puffed rice grain that is commonly used in breakfast cereals and snacks
- pulchritude — physical beauty; comeliness.
- punctulated — bearing small spots or dots
- quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
- 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.
- quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- quickwitted — Alternative spelling of quick-witted.
- quindecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- quitclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of quitclaim.
- radiocesium — cesium 137.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- reannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- reconducted — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- red currant — any of various currant shrubs of the genus Ribes, bearing an edible, red fruit.
- red mercury — a supposedly radioactive substance that could be used in a bomb made from nuclear waste, widely believed to be part of a confidence trick in which gangsters sold useless material to terrorists in the early 1990s
- red puccoon — bloodroot; a plant yielding a red dye
- 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.
- reinduction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
- reintroduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.