10-letter words containing i, r, e, c, u
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precocious — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- precursive — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- prediscuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- prejudiced — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- prejudices — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
- quadricone — a quadric surface swept out by a straight line that passes through a fixed point such that no straight line can intersect it at more than two points
- quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
- quercitrin — A glycoside formed from the flavonoid quercetin and the deoxy sugar rhamnose, a constituent of quercitron dye.
- quercitron — an oak, Quercus velutina, of eastern North America, the inner bark of which yields a yellow dye.
- quick fire — rapid continuous gunfire, esp at a moving target
- quick-fire — firing or equipped for firing rapidly, especially at moving targets.
- quickwater — the part of a river or other stream having a strong current.
- quinacrine — an alkaloid, C 2 3 H 3 0 ClN 3 O, similar in its properties to pamaquine, used in the treatment of malaria.
- quincewort — Squinancywort.
- race music — blues-based music or jazz by and for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was regarded as a distinctive, separate market by the music industry; early jazz or rhythm-and-blues.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- re-discuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- reacquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- recidivous — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- recontinue — to continue (an action, process or condition, etc) again after an interruption or pause
- recounting — to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
- recruiting — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- rediscount — to discount again.
- reinstruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- rejoiceful — to be glad; take delight (often followed by in): to rejoice in another's happiness.
- renunciate — any religious devotee who renounces earthly pleasures and lives as an ascetic
- reoccuring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- requiescat — a wish or prayer for the repose of the dead.
- rescrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- resecuring — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- resin duct — a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.
- resourcing — the provision of resources
- reticulate — netted; covered with a network.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- riaa curve — a graphical representation, adopted as a worldwide standard, of the amplitude in relation to frequency response required for correct reproduction of microgroove disc recordings, compensating for the characteristics of the recording process
- rice flour — flour made of finely-ground rice
- rickburner — an arsonist who sets fire to haystacks
- rubber ice — Canadian. thin ice that shifts, cracks, or groans when crossed on foot.
- rubiaceous — belonging to the Rubiaceae, the madder family of plants.
- rubik cube — a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color.