13-letter words containing a, c, o, u, s, t
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- instructional — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- interosculant — Mutually touching or intersecting.
- interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
- isostructural — (of two substances) having the same crystal structure but not necessarily a similar chemical composition.
- justification — a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
- justificatory — serving to justify; providing justification.
- lactobacillus — any long, slender, rod-shaped, anaerobic bacterium of the genus Lactobacillus, that produces large amounts of lactic acid in the fermentation of carbohydrates, especially in milk.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- manon lescaut — a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- mayor's court — a city court presided over by a mayor.
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- metafunctions — Plural form of metafunction.
- miscalculator — A person who miscalculates.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- mucocutaneous — Of or pertaining to the mucous membranes and the skin.
- multiorgasmic — Capable of multiple orgasms without a refractory period.
- multisectoral — Involving multiple sectors.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- nanostructure — A structure, especially a semiconductor device, that has dimensions of only a few nanometers.
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- non-causative — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- non-custodial — of or relating to custody.
- non-customary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- nonchauvinist — a person who is not a chauvinist
- noncolourfast — (of a fabric) having a colour that tends to fade when washed or worn
- noncontagious — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- nonstructural — Not structural; not related to a structure.
- object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
- oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- outdistancing — Present participle of outdistance.
- over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overacuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).