12-letter words containing a, c, t, u, e, s
- just because — for the sole reason that
- just in case — if it should happen that
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latus rectum — the chord perpendicular to the principal axis and passing through a focus of an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- massachusett — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
- matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- miscalculate — Calculate (an amount, distance, or measurement) wrongly.
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- mispunctuate — to punctuate incorrectly.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- multicostate — having several costae or ribs
- multisulcate — having many grooves or furrows
- mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
- mycetomatous — relating to or affected by a mycetoma
- net curtains — curtains made of a thin light mesh fabric of cotton, nylon, or other fibre
- neural crest — a group of ectodermal cells that develop into a variety of tissues, including spinal and autonomic ganglia, connective tissue around the brain and spinal cord, and parts of the facial bones.
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neutralistic — Employing or relating to neutralism.
- noncausative — Not causative.
- nuclear test — a test carried out on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- nuisance tax — a tax paid in small but frequent amounts, usually by consumers.
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- of substance — wealthy
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- platanaceous — relating to the family Platanaceae
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.