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11-letter words containing a, c, o, u, r, t

  • stauroscope — an optical instrument for studying the crystal structure of minerals under polarized light
  • stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
  • subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
  • subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
  • subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
  • subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
  • subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
  • substractor — a person who subtracts or takes away
  • subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
  • subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
  • sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
  • superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
  • support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
  • supracostal — above the rib
  • taurocholic — of or derived from taurocholic acid.
  • tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
  • tautometric — having the same metre or arrangement of syllables
  • tetracoccus — a spherical bacterium occurring in square groups of four.
  • top-up card — a card bought by a mobile phone user entitling him or her to a stipulated amount of credit for future calls
  • touch paper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
  • touring car — an open automobile designed for five or more passengers.
  • tourist car — a railroad sleeping car, usually having seats that can be converted into berths.
  • touristical — of, relating to, or typical of tourists or tourism: She embarked on her itinerary with high touristic fervor.
  • tract house — a house forming part of a real-estate development, usually having a plan and appearance common to some or all of the houses in the development.
  • transductor — a magnetic device that amplifies electronic signals
  • treacherous — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • treachetour — a traitor
  • trial court — the court in which a controversy is first adjudicated (distinguished from appellate division).
  • trobar clus — a complex and obscure style of writing adopted by some 12th-century Provençal poets.
  • trojan duck — a duck that is a carrier of avian flu and is therefore a threat to other birds and also to humans, but which shows no outward signs of infection
  • tuberaceous — belonging or relating to the order of fungi Tuberaceae, or specifically the truffle genus (Tuber)
  • tuberculoma — a tumour or other mass that grows from a tuberculous lesion or caused by the tubercle bacillus
  • turbocharge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
  • ultrasonics — the branch of science that deals with the effects of sound waves above human perception.
  • uncustomary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
  • undecorated — exhibiting no decoration or unadorned
  • underaction — inadequate activity
  • unicolorate — of one colour
  • unit factor — a gene; a sequence of nucleotides that functions as the hereditary unit for a single character.
  • unpatriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • urochordate — having a urochord.
  • urticaceous — belonging to the Urticaceae, the nettle family of plants.
  • watercolour — A water-soluble pigment.
  • watercourse — a stream of water, as a river or brook.
  • waterlocust — a thorny honeylocust (Gleditsia aquatica), native to the SE U.S., with a dark, heavy wood that takes a high polish
  • your actual — (intensifier)
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