12-letter words containing u, p, e, r, c, t
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- puerto rican — 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.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- pure culture — the growth of only one microorganism in a culture.
- purple patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- putrefactive — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- recapitulate — to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
- receptacular — having the nature of, or serving as, a receptacle
- receptaculum — a vessel, receptacle or container
- recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- recuperative — that recuperates.
- recuperatory — of or relating to recovery or recuperation
- reoccupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- rescue party — a group of people who attempt to rescue, find or save a person or people for danger, esp a person or people who have got lost while mountain climbing
- respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- supercluster — a cluster of open clusters.
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- superculture — 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.
- supercurrent — an electric current that flows without resistance in a superconducting material.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- tau particle — an unstable, negatively charged lepton with a mass of c. 1,777 MeV/c2 (or c. 3,490 times that of an electron) and a mean lifetime of 2.2 ×10-13 second
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- telecomputer — teleprocessing.
- the pictures — a cinema or film show
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- tipper truck — a truck or lorry the rear platform of which can be raised at the front end to enable the load to be discharged by gravity
- top security — ultra secure
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- tricephalous — with three heads
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle