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12-letter words containing p, i, c, o, u

  • percussional — of or relating to percussion
  • perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
  • periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
  • peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
  • perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
  • pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
  • phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
  • photoinduced — induced by light.
  • picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
  • picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
  • picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
  • picture show — motion picture.
  • picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
  • pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
  • pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
  • plurilocular — possessing many cells
  • pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
  • pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
  • point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
  • poison sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus vernix (or Toxicodendron vernix), of swampy areas of the eastern U.S., having pinnate leaves and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.
  • police court — an inferior court with summary jurisdiction for the trial of persons accused of any of certain minor offenses, and with power to examine those charged with more serious offenses and hold them for trial in a superior court or for a grand jury.
  • polystichous — arranged in rows or series.
  • porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
  • posing pouch — a thong that emphasizes the genitals
  • postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
  • preciousness — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
  • precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
  • preconscious — Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
  • prediscourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
  • preinduction — occurring before an induction
  • primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
  • probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • productivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
  • propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
  • protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
  • protoduction — (jargon)   A prototype that ends up in a production environment.
  • pseudocyesis — false pregnancy.
  • public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
  • public house — British. a tavern.
  • public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
  • public works — government-funded construction
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