12-letter words containing p, c, u
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- dipsacaceous — belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants.
- direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- double piece — a piece of plate armor for reinforcing or replacing a piece ordinarily used in a suit.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dumper truck — A dumper truck is the same as a dump truck.
- duncan phyfe — of, relating to, or resembling the furniture made by Duncan Phyfe, especially the earlier pieces in the Sheraton and Directoire styles.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- empyreumatic — relating to empyreuma
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulates — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
- entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- epicuticular — Relating to the epicuticle.
- equipollence — The condition of being equipollent; equality of power, force, signification, or application.
- escape chute — a fabric tube or chute hinged to the wall of a stairwell and used as an emergency exit, eg from a burning tall building
- escape route — way out: of situation
- eucalyptuses — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
- factor group — quotient group.
- farm produce — agricultural products regarded collectively
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopes — Plural form of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
- focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
- fruit-picker — a person or a tool that picks fruit from trees
- fuddling cup — an English earthenware drinking vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, having the form of a cluster of three or more cups communicating at their bottoms in such a way that the entire vessel can be drained from any of them.
- gap junction — a linkage of two adjacent cells consisting of a system of channels extending across a gap from one cell to the other, allowing the passage of ions and small molecules.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
- groupuscules — Plural form of groupuscule.
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- half-cup bra — a bra that covers three-quarters of the breasts rather than all of the breasts
- happy couple — two people in a happy romantic relationship, especially two people who have just married
- hippocentaur — Centaur.