11-letter words containing e, l, o, c, u
- overcareful — excessively or unduly careful.
- overclouded — Simple past tense and past participle of overcloud.
- overmuscled — having muscles developed to excess
- palace coup — a challenge to or overthrow of a sovereign or other leader by members of the ruling family or group.
- pediculosis — the state of being infested with lice.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- polyculture — the raising at the same time and place of more than one species of plant or animal.
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- pop culture — cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- pre-closure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
- radiolucent — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reinoculate — to inoculate again
- reluctation — opposition, struggle, resistance
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- ribonucleic — an acid derived from ribose
- rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
- rocket fuel — an explosive charge that powers a rocket
- rouen lilac — a shrub, Syringa chinensis, of France, having clusters of fragrant, lilac-purple flowers.
- salicaceous — belonging to the Salicaceae, the willow family of plants.
- sansculotte — (originally) a revolutionary of the poorer class
- scaberulous — tending to be scabrous or slightly rough to the touch
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- schoolhouse — a building in which a school is conducted.
- sclerocauly — the feature of having a hard, dry stem
- scoundrelly — having the character of a scoundrel; unscrupulous; villainous.
- scuffle hoe — a hoe with a flat blade, pushed back and forth through the surface soil, as to weed
- sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
- shuttlecock — Also called shuttle. the object that is struck back and forth in badminton and battledore, consisting of a feathered cork head and a plastic crown.
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- sociosexual — of or relating to relationships between persons that involve sexuality.
- solanaceous — belonging to the Solanaceae, the nightshade family of plants.
- sole-source — designating a company contracted, without competition, to be the sole supplier of a product or service, as a firm having an exclusive contract for certain military technology.
- solicitudes — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.