10-letter words containing p, u, i
- copulating — Present participle of copulate.
- copulation — sexual intercourse.
- copulative — serving to join or unite
- copurifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copurify.
- cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
- corrupting — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
- corruptive — tending to corrupt or produce corruption
- counterpin — bedspread.
- coup stick — a stick with which some North American Indian warriors sought to touch their enemies in battle as a sign of courage.
- courtships — Plural form of courtship.
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- crispature — the state of being crisped or crispate
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- crumplings — crumpling or folding actions
- cuckoopint — a European aroid plant, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves, a spathe marked with purple, a pale purple spadix, and scarlet berries
- cupidinous — having a great desire or cupidity
- cupidities — Plural form of cupidity.
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- curtain-up — the moment when the curtain is raised and a play or similar show begins
- cuspidated — Alternative form of cuspidate.
- cutesy pie — darling; sweetheart; sweetie (often used as a term of endearment).
- damp squib — You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things.
- daugavpils — a city in SE Latvia on the Western Dvina River: founded in 1274 by Teutonic Knights; ruled by Poland (1559–1772) and Russia (1772–1915); retaken by the Russians in 1940. Pop: 112 609 (2002 est)
- dauphiness — dauphine.
- dauphinois — (of potatoes or other vegetables) sliced and cooked in milk, typically with a topping of cheese.
- deceiptful — Obsolete form of deceitful.
- deceptious — relating to deception or inclined to deceive
- decoupling — the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
- delphinium — A delphinium is a garden plant which has a tall stem with blue flowers growing up it.
- depurating — Present participle of depurate.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- depurative — used for or capable of depurating; purifying; purgative
- deputation — A deputation is a small group of people who have been asked to speak to someone on behalf of a larger group of people, especially in order to make a complaint.
- deputising — to appoint as deputy.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- despiteful — spiteful; malicious
- despiteous — malicious; spiteful.
- diaphanous — Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- diaphonous — Misspelling of diaphanous.
- dieselpunk — A postmodern genre of art as well as a budding subculture that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through World War II and ending circa 1950s (a range of time often referred to as the \u201cdiesel era\u201d by the dieselpunk community) with contemporary creations.
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- diophantus — 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
- dipetalous — bipetalous.
- diphyllous — having two leaves.
- diplacusis — a difference in hearing by the two ears so that one sound is heard as two.
- diplodocus — a huge herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Diplodocus, from the Late Jurassic Epoch of western North America, growing to a length of about 87 feet (26.5 meters).
- disculpate — (transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.
- disepalous — having two sepals.
- disespouse — to divorce from (a spouse)