10-letter words containing p, c, u
- cappuccino — Cappuccino is coffee which is made using milk and has froth and sometimes powdered chocolate on top.
- capraesque — relating to or in the style of the movies of Frank Capra, focusing on courage and its positive effects and the triumph of the underdog.
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- capsulated — Enclosed in a capsule.
- capsulised — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulise.
- capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.
- capsulizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capsulize.
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- capturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- card punch — keypunch (def 1).
- card-punch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
- carpsucker — any of several freshwater suckers of the genus Carpiodes, as the quillback and the river carpsucker.
- catapulted — an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.
- catapultic — of or resembling a catapult
- catawampus — askew; awry
- catch-ups' — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- caudle cup — a deep drinking cup having two handles and, usually, a cover.
- chain pump — a pump consisting of buckets, plates, or the like, rising upon a chain within a cylinder for raising liquids entering the cylinder at the bottom.
- charged up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- cheekpouch — (in animals such as the chipmunk) a dilatation of the cheek forming a bag
- chinquapin — a dwarf chestnut tree, Castanea pumila, of the eastern US, yielding edible nuts
- chipmunked — Simple past tense and past participle of chipmunk.
- chirruping — Present participle of chirrup.
- chop-house — a restaurant specializing in chop, steaks, and the like.
- chophouses — Plural form of chophouse.
- chopped-up — cut into pieces
- chrysippus — 280–209? b.c, Greek Stoic philosopher.
- chupacabra — An animal said to exist in parts of Latin America, where it supposedly attacks animals, especially goats.
- circumpose — to position around, or within an encircled place
- claret cup — an iced drink made of claret, brandy, lemon, sugar, and sometimes sherry, Curaçao, etc
- cloud peak — a mountain in N central Wyoming: highest peak in the Bighorn Mountains. 13,175 feet (4018 meters).
- cloudscape — a picturesque formation of clouds
- clump-like — resembling a clump
- co-produce — to produce (a film, play, television programme, etc) with another person
- co-publish — to publish (something) with another person or company
- coffee cup — A coffee cup is a cup in which coffee is served. Coffee cups are usually smaller than tea cups.
- collect up — If you collect up things, you bring them all together, usually when you have finished using them.
- colporteur — a hawker of books, esp bibles
- come up to — To be coming up to a time or state means to be getting near to it.
- comeupance — Alternative form of comeuppance.
- coming up! — an expression used to announce that a meal is about to be served
- compacture — an act of joining or bringing into proximity
- compendium — A compendium is a short but detailed collection of information, usually in a book.
- compluvium — an unroofed space over the atrium in a Roman house, through which rain fell and was collected
- composture — compost or manure
- composures — Plural form of composure.
- compound q — trichosanthin: an antiviral drug derived from the root of a Chinese cucumber plant, used in the treatment of AIDS.
- compounded — If something is compounded of different things, it is a mixture of those things.
- compounder — A person who mixes or combines ingredients in order to produce an animal feed, medicine, or other substance.