10-letter words containing p, u, c
- touch-type — to type by means of the touch system.
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- trickle-up — noting or pertaining to the theory that monetary benefits directed toward small businesses and the poor will gradually pass up to big business and the rich.
- troutperch — a North American freshwater fish, Percopsis omiscomaycas, exhibiting characteristics of both trouts and perches.
- truck crop — a vegetable crop raised on a truck farm.
- truck stop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
- trump card — Cards. trump1 (def 1a).
- tuck-point — to finish (masonry) with tuck pointing.
- tule perch — See under perch2 (def 3).
- turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turcophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
- un-spliced — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- unaccepted — generally approved; usually regarded as normal, right, etc.: an accepted pronunciation of a word; an accepted theory.
- uncaptured — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- uncarpeted — having no carpet
- uncompared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
- uncomplete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- uncomposed — calm; tranquil; serene: His composed face reassured the nervous passengers.
- uncoupling — to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go: to uncouple railroad cars.
- uncrippled — not crippled
- uncrumpled — rumpled; wrinkled; crushed.
- underpitch — of or relating to a type of groin-vaulted ceiling construction
- underprice — to price (goods or merchandise) lower than the standard price or fair value.
- uneclipsed — not obscured or overshadowed
- unemphatic — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unexpected — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
- unimpacted — tightly or immovably wedged in.
- unit price — rate1 (def 3).
- unoccupied — without occupants; empty; vacant.
- unpacified — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- unpackaged — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
- unpathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- unpeaceful — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- unpedantic — not pedantic; informal
- unphonetic — not phonetic
- unpickable — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- unpolicied — not politically or socially organized
- unpreceded — to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time.
- unprecious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- unprincely — not befitting or characteristic of a prince
- unproduced — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- unprolific — not prolific or fertile; barren
- unpunctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
- unsceptred — divested of a sceptre
- unscripted — not scripted; lacking a script: an unscripted idea for a movie.
- unscrupled — lacking scruples
- unspecific — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
- up country — away from the coast or the capital
- upbuoyance — an uplifting or buoying up