12-letter words containing s, p, i, c, u
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paludicolous — inhabiting marshland
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pax vobiscum — peace be with you
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
- picture desk — the department at a magazine or newspaper publisher, that deals with photographs for the paper or magazine
- picture disc — a phonograph record with a picture on the vinyl.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- picture show — motion picture.
- pisciculture — the breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- poison sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus vernix (or Toxicodendron vernix), of swampy areas of the eastern U.S., having pinnate leaves and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.
- polystichous — arranged in rows or series.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- posing pouch — a thong that emphasizes the genitals
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- pre-issuance — the act of issuing.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- preciousness — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- preconscious — Psychoanalysis. absent from but capable of being readily brought into consciousness.
- prediscourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- pressure ice — a general term for ice broken and deformed by stresses generated by wind, currents, or waves.
- presubscribe — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
- prussic acid — weakly acidic extremely poisonous aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide
- pseudocyesis — false pregnancy.
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- public house — British. a tavern.
- public works — government-funded construction
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating