12-letter words containing u, p, i
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- claim-jumper — a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
- complicitous — having complicity
- compulsative — compulsory
- compulsively — compelling; compulsory.
- compulsivity — compulsiveness
- compulsories — Plural form of compulsory.
- compulsorily — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
- compunctions — Plural form of compunction.
- compunctious — causing or feeling compunction; regretful.
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- computations — Plural form of computation.
- computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- computerized — A computerized system, process, or business is one in which the work is done by computer.
- computerizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize.
- computerlike — similar to a computer
- concupiscent — lustful or sensual.
- conduplicate — folded lengthways on itself
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- consumptions — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- consumptives — Plural form of consumptive.
- coproduction — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- corpus juris — a body of law, esp the laws of a nation or state
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
- counterpoint — Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way.
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- coup d'essai — a first attempt.
- coup de main — an attack that achieves complete surprise
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- crucian carp — a common cyprinid, Carassius carassius, that closely resembles the wild form of goldfish, occurring in streams in most parts of Europe and northern Asia.
- cunctipotent — (obsolete) almighty; all-powerful.
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- cuprammonium — an ion of copper oxide used (in solution) in the manufacture of rayon and other man-made fibres
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- cushion pink — a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.
- cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.