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11-letter words containing o, c, t, p, u

  • spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
  • spiculation — formation into spicules.
  • stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
  • stop chorus — a solo during which the rhythm section plays only the first beat of each phrase of music
  • sub-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
  • sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • suction cup — a cup-shaped object of rubber, glass, plastic, etc., which, by producing a partial vacuum, can be made to adhere to or draw something to a surface.
  • superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
  • support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
  • supracostal — above the rib
  • tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
  • telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
  • top-up card — a card bought by a mobile phone user entitling him or her to a stipulated amount of credit for future calls
  • touch paper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • touch plate — a pewter plate belonging to a guild of pewterers and bearing samples of the touchmarks of all pewterers belonging to the guild.
  • tough pitch — the state of refined copper when it is soft, malleable, and flexible: tough pitch copper.
  • trout-perch — any of a family (Percopsidae) of North American freshwater bony fishes having spiny and fleshy fins, esp., a species (Percopsis omiscomaycus) of Canada and the E U.S.
  • turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
  • unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
  • uncaptioned — a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
  • uncompacted — not compacted
  • uncompetent — having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified: He is perfectly competent to manage the bank branch.
  • uncompleted — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • uncompliant — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
  • uncorrupted — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
  • unisotropic — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
  • unpatriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • unpolitical — not politically oriented or organized
  • unproctored — a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
  • unprojected — not projected or planned for
  • unprophetic — not prophetic, not seeing future events correctly
  • unprotected — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • voice input — the control and operation of computer systems by spoken commands
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