10-letter words containing s, u, c, e
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- 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.
- prejudices — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- 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.
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- prosecutor — Law. prosecuting attorney. a person, as a complainant or chief witness, instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding.
- prospectus — a document describing the major features of a proposed literary work, project, business venture, etc., in enough detail so that prospective investors, participants, or buyers may evaluate it: Don't buy the new stock offering until you read the prospectus carefully.
- pseudoacid — a compound that is not an acid but which undergoes certain typical reactions of an acid
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- pseudocide — the act of faking one’s own death
- pseudocode — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
- pseudocoel — the body cavity of certain invertebrate metazoan animals between the body wall and the intestine, which is not lined with a mesodermal epithelium.
- psyched up — psychologically prepared
- pubescence — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- publicised — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicness — the quality or state of being public or being owned by the public.
- pulsatance — the angular frequency of a periodic motion
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- punctuates — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- purse crab — coconut crab.
- putrescent — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
- quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
- quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
- quenchless — not capable of being quenched; unquenchable.
- quicksteps — Plural form of quickstep.
- quiescence — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiescency — Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
- quietistic — Of or relating to quietism, a philosophy of passivity and non-involvement.
- quincunxes — Plural form of quincunx.
- quittances — Plural form of quittance.
- race music — blues-based music or jazz by and for African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was regarded as a distinctive, separate market by the music industry; early jazz or rhythm-and-blues.
- racecourse — racetrack.
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- re-discuss — 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.
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- recidivous — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- reconquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- recrudesce — to break out afresh, as a sore, a disease, or anything else that has been quiescent.