12-letter words containing a, c, o, r, u, t
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- croquet lawn — a lawn where croquet is played
- crosscut saw — a saw for cutting timber across the grain
- crown quarto — a size of book, about 7½ × 10 inches (19 × 25 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: crown 4to.
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- currant loaf — a loaf-shaped fruit cake containing currants
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- docudramatic — Of or relating to docudrama.
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- dual-control — having dual controls
- dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
- duty of care — the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care, using your services, or exposed to your activities
- earth colour — any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- escape route — way out: of situation
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- excruciation — Some excruciating pain.
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- factor group — quotient group.
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- four old cat — three old cat played with four batters.
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.