10-letter words containing p, u, c
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- percussive — of, relating to, or characterized by percussion.
- percutient — anything that strikes against something else
- perdurance — permanence; the quality of lasting or enduring forever
- periculous — dangerous; perilous
- perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persecuted — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- persecutee — a person who is subjected to persecution
- persecutor — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- picaresque — pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pick up on — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pick-me-up — an alcoholic drink taken to restore one's energy or good spirits.
- pickup arm — tone arm.
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- picturised — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pincushion — a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.
- piscifauna — all the fishes that live in a particular place, time or habitat
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
- play-lunch — a schoolchild's mid-morning snack
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- pluckiness — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- pluperfect — Grammar. perfect with respect to a point of reference in past time, as had done in He had done it when I came. designating a tense or other verb formation or construction with such meaning, as Latin portāveram “I had carried.”.
- plutocracy — the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- poculiform — having the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- podocarpus — any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, especially P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- polydeuces — Greek name of Pollux.
- polytocous — flowering multiple times during a lifetime
- poop chute — anus or rectum
- populistic — a member of the People's party.
- porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
- portcullis — (especially in medieval castles) a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of a gateway of a fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postocular — located behind the eye
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- pound cake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- pound coin — a British coin with a value of one pound sterling
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- preciouses — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preclosure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.