10-letter words containing r, e, p, u, c
- percurrent — extending through the entire length, as a midrib through a leaf.
- percursory — passing through rapidly; cursory
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- 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.
- 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.
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- 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.”.
- porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
- 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.
- preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- precocious — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- precompute — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- preculture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- precursive — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- precursors — a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; predecessor.
- precursory — of the nature of a precursor; preliminary; introductory: precursory remarks.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- prediscuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- prefecture — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prejudiced — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- prejudices — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- prenuclear — of or relating to the era before the development of nuclear weapons.
- procedural — procedural language
- procellous — stormy, as the sea.
- processual — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- procoelous — describing vertebrae with a concave cranial surface
- procrustes — a robber who stretched or amputated the limbs of travelers to make them conform to the length of his bed. He was killed by Theseus.
- proctodeum — a depression in the ectoderm of the anal region of a young embryo, which develops into part of the anal canal.
- procumbent — lying on the face; prone; prostrate.
- procurable — obtainable.
- procurance — the act of bringing about or getting something; agency; procurement.