11-letter words containing p, c, u
- capital sum — an amount of money paid to an insured person or paid as an initial fee or investment
- capitulated — Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
- capitulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitulate.
- cappuccinos — Plural form of cappuccino.
- capricornus — a faint zodiacal constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Sagittarius and Aquarius
- caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- capsulizing — Present participle of capsulize.
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- cardophagus — a donkey
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- carpophorus — an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”.
- catapultier — a person who fires a catapult
- catapulting — Present participle of catapult.
- catch up on — to engage in more (work, sleep, etc.) so as to compensate for earlier neglect
- cattywampus — catawampus
- center jump — a jump ball between the centers of the opposing teams, held in the circle at the center of the court, as at the beginning of each period.
- centerpunch — to mark with a center punch.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- chapultepec — a rocky hill in Mexico City: captured (Sept., 1847) in an American assault led by Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican War
- check up on — to examine the record, character, etc. of; investigate
- cheek pouch — a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents and some other mammals: used for holding food
- chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
- cherry plum — a small widely planted Asian rosaceous tree, Prunus cerasifera, with white flowers and red or yellow cherry-like fruit
- chinquapins — Plural form of chinquapin.
- chirrupings — Plural form of chirruping.
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- chug report — (humour) From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
- chupacabras — Plural form of chupacabra.
- circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
- circumspect — If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
- cire perdue — a method of casting bronze, in which a mould is formed around a wax pattern, which is subsequently melted and drained away
- clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- clean up on — to defeat; beat
- close up/to — If you look at something close up or close to, you look at it when you are very near to it.
- cloudscapes — Plural form of cloudscape.
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- cluj-napoca — city in Transylvania, NW Romania: pop. 322,000
- cluster cup — aecium.
- clutch slip — Clutch slip is a faulty condition in which there is not enough friction in the clutch, so that engine speed rises without a corresponding increase in road speed.
- co-producer — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
- colourpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- colporteurs — Plural form of colporteur.
- come up for — When someone or something comes up for consideration or action of some kind, the time arrives when they have to be considered or dealt with.
- comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
- compendious — containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
- compendiums — Plural form of compendium.
- compositous — relating to or belonging to the plant family Asteraceae