12-letter words containing p, i, u, s
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- complicitous — having complicity
- compulsative — compulsory
- compulsively — compelling; compulsory.
- compulsivity — compulsiveness
- compulsories — Plural form of compulsory.
- compulsorily — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
- compunctions — Plural form of compunction.
- compunctious — causing or feeling compunction; regretful.
- computations — Plural form of computation.
- computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- computerizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize.
- concupiscent — lustful or sensual.
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- consumptions — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- consumptives — Plural form of consumptive.
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- corpus juris — a body of law, esp the laws of a nation or state
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- coup d'essai — a first attempt.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- 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.
- cushion pink — a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.
- cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- depressurise — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
- depressurize — to reduce the pressure of a gas inside (a container or enclosed space), as in an aircraft cabin
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- dipsacaceous — belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants.
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- dispauperize — to free (a person) from the state of being a pauper
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- disputatious — fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.