11-letter words containing p, u, c
- purchasable — capable of being bought.
- purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
- puritanical — very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
- putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- quarterpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only.
- recuperable — capable of recuperation
- recuperator — a person or thing that recuperates.
- red puccoon — bloodroot; a plant yielding a red dye
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- repurchaser — to buy again; regain by purchase.
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- rip current — undertow (def 1).
- roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
- saponaceous — resembling soap; soapy.
- sapotaceous — belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse
- screen dump — the act or process of printing or saving the graphical or textual data displayed on a computer screen.
- scrip issue — an issue of free shares distributed pro rata to existing stockholders instead of a dividend.
- scriptorium — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- scripturism — the state of being versed in Scripture
- scripturist — a person who obeys and is versed in the Scriptures
- scrumptious — very pleasing, especially to the senses; delectable; splendid: a scrumptious casserole; a scrumptious satin gown.
- scrupleless — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- sculpturing — the act of sculpturing or carving
- scuppernong — a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
- sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
- sipunculoid — a member of the group Sipunculoidea
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- sock puppet — a hand puppet made out of a sock.
- soup course — a part of a meal when soup is served
- space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
- spathaceous — of the nature of or resembling a spathe.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- speculatist — a person who speculates
- speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
- spiculation — formation into spicules.