11-letter words containing u, p, e, r, c, t
- pre-lecture — a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- precomputer — designating the period prior to the introduction of computers; occurring or existing in this period
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.
- precultural — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
- prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prefunction — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- prejudicant — judging beforehand
- prejudicate — to judge beforehand
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- preoccupate — to influence or occupy the mind in advance
- prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
- pretty much — mostly
- prize court — a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war.
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- procurement — the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.
- producement — production
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff
- provocateur — a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
- puerto rico — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- pulchritude — physical beauty; comeliness.
- putrescence — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- quarterpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only.
- recuperator — a person or thing that recuperates.
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- rip current — undertow (def 1).
- scarlet cup — a small, fleshy, saucer-shaped fungus, Sarcoscypha coccinea, of the family Sarcoscyphaceae, marked by a scarlet inner surface and white exterior, seen on fallen branches in the spring.
- spectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- sperm count — the number of spermatozoa in an amount of semen, used as an indication of a man's fertility
- spice route — an ancient trade route followed by merchants, importers and exporters trading in exotic spices such as cloves and cinnamon
- stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
- stumpsucker — windsucker; cribber.
- sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- supercenter — a very large shopping centre or complex
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- superscript — Printing. superior (def 10).
- supersecret — a top secret