12-letter words containing p, e, c, u, l
- counterplots — Plural form of counterplot.
- counterreply — a reply made in response to a reply; rejoinder.
- counterspell — a spell or charm which acts against another spell, esp in fantasy or role-playing games
- couple-close — Heraldry. a narrow chevron, one-quarter the usual breadth.
- crepusculous — Alternative form of crepuscular.
- crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
- crowd-puller — If you describe a performer or event as a crowd-puller, you mean that they attract a large audience.
- culebra peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,069 feet (4288 meters).
- culpableness — The state or quality of being culpable.
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- decapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of decapsulate.
- deduplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of deduplicate.
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- 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.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulates — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
- epicuticular — Relating to the epicuticle.
- equipollence — The condition of being equipollent; equality of power, force, signification, or application.
- eucalyptuses — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopes — Plural form of fluoroscope.
- focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
- 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.
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- happy couple — two people in a happy romantic relationship, especially two people who have just married
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
- leucopoiesis — the formation and development of white blood cells.
- lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.