12-letter words containing p, u, c, i, n
- protoduction — (jargon) A prototype that ends up in a production environment.
- public enemy — a person or thing considered a danger or menace to the public, especially a wanted criminal widely sought by the F.B.I. and local police forces.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
- pudding rice — a type of short-grained rice that is suitable for making into a rice pudding
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pulp fiction — fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp.
- pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
- pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
- punctulation — the state of being punctulate
- puncturation — the act of puncturing
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- quadraphonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- quadriphonic — quadraphonic.
- quadrophonic — Alternative spelling of quadraphonic.
- quindecaplet — a group of 15
- rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
- recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- reoccupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- rice pudding — dessert made from rice and milk
- run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- spaciousness — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
- speciousness — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- spinulescent — producing spines
- spongicolous — relating to the skeleton of some marine animals
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
- suction pump — a pump for raising water or other fluids by suction, consisting essentially of a vertical cylinder in which a piston works up and down, both the cylinder and the pump having valves that control the flow of the fluid.
- suction stop — click1 (def 3).
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)