10-letter words containing p, u, c
- impunctual — Not punctual.
- inch-pound — one-twelfth of a foot-pound. Abbreviation: in-lb.
- inculpable — not culpable; blameless; guiltless.
- inculpably — In an inculpable way; blamelessly.
- inculpated — Simple past tense and past participle of inculpate.
- inculpates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inculpate.
- interpubic — (anatomy) Between the pubic bones or cartilage.
- isopachous — having the same thickness.
- joe public — also Joe Bloggs; US = John Q. Public
- juliet cap — a skullcap, often set with pearls or other gems, worn by women for semiformal or bridal wear.
- jumbo pack — a very large pack. Used mainly in advertising and in the names of products
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- keep count — to keep a record of items, events, etc
- keypunched — Simple past tense and past participle of keypunch.
- keypuncher — A keypunch.
- keypunches — Plural form of keypunch.
- knocked up — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- launch pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leucopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leucoplast — a colorless plastid in the cells of roots, storage organs, and underground stems, serving as a point around which starch forms.
- leukopenic — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- loving cup — a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.
- lumpsucker — A globular fish of cooler northern waters, typically having a ventral sucker and spiny fins; a lumpfish.
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- lunch-pail — lunchbox.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- lupercalia — a festival held in ancient Rome on the 15th of February to promote fertility and ward off disasters.
- lycopodium — any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- micropumps — Plural form of micropump.
- milk punch — a beverage containing milk and alcoholic liquor with sugar, flavoring, etc.
- miscompute — To compute erroneously.
- mousepiece — a cut of meat near the shoulder of a sheep or cow that is rich in muscle tissue
- mouthpiece — a piece placed at or forming the mouth, as of a receptacle or tube.
- muciparous — muciferous.
- muckspread — to muckrake
- mudcapping — the process or act of blasting a rock surface with explosives
- multipacks — Plural form of multipack.
- multipiece — Comprising more than one piece.
- municipals — Plural form of municipal.
- muttonchop — A cut of sheep's meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- null-space — the set of elements of a vector space that a given linear transformation maps to zero.
- nurse crop — a crop planted in the same field with another crop, especially to minimize the growth of weeds.
- occupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- occupative — relating to work or profession