11-letter words containing p, u, i, r
- computernik — a person who is very interested in, and knowledgeable about, computers
- copernicium — a highly radioactive element that is produced synthetically. Symbol: Cn; atomic no: 112; atomic wt: 285
- copublisher — a publisher that publishes a work in conjunction with another publisher
- cornucopian — Classical Mythology. a horn containing food, drink, etc., in endless supply, said to have been a horn of the goat Amalthaea.
- cornucopias — Plural form of cornucopia.
- corpus vile — a person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment
- corruptible — susceptible to corruption; capable of being corrupted
- corruptions — Plural form of corruption.
- counter-pin — bedspread.
- craniopagus — the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head
- crapulosity — the quality of being crapulous or crapulent
- cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
- cruise ship — A cruise ship is a large ship which takes people from place to place on a cruise holiday, and on which entertainment, food, and drink are provided.
- cupriferous — (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper
- cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- curie point — the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- cypripedium — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip
- decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
- depasturing — Present participle of depasture.
- depauperize — to make (a person) poor
- diazo group — the bivalent group –N=N– united with one hydrocarbon group and another atom or group, as in benzenediazo hydroxide, C 6 H 5 N=NOH, or the bivalent group =N=N united with one hydrocarbon group, as in diazomethane, CH 2 =N=N.
- displeasure — dissatisfaction, disapproval, or annoyance.
- disruptable — Capable of being disrupted.
- disruptants — Plural form of disruptant.
- disruptions — Plural form of disruption.
- disulphuric — pyrosulphuric
- do up right — to do carefully or thoroughly
- dressing-up — When children play at dressing-up, they put on special or different clothes and pretend to be different people.
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- edp auditor — (job) A person who analyses system functions and operations to determine adequate security and controls. An EDP analyst evaluates systems and operational procedures and reports findings to senior management. He writes ad hoc report programs using 4GLs and specialised audit software.
- edrophonium — a substance, C 10 H 16 BrNO, used to reverse certain muscle-relaxing agents, such as tubocurarine, in surgical procedures: also used in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.
- encapturing — Present participle of encapture.
- enrapturing — Present participle of enrapture.
- epigastrium — The part of the upper abdomen immediately over the stomach.
- eriophorous — relating to cotton grass
- eurodeposit — a deposit of the currency of any country in the eurocurrency market
- europeanism — belief in or advocacy of political unification and economic integration among European nations
- europeanize — to make European in culture, dress, etc
- eurosceptic — Alternative form of Eurosceptic.
- eurypterids — Plural form of eurypterid.
- eurypteroid — of, relating to or resembling a eurypterid or eurypterids
- expenditure — The action of spending funds.
- expurgating — Present participle of expurgate.
- expurgation — The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
- filter pump — a vacuum pump used to assist laboratory filtrations in which a jet of water inside a glass tube entrains air molecules from the system to be evacuated