12-letter words containing a, c, t, u, e, s
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
- quick assets — assets readily convertible into cash; liquid current assets
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- rescue party — a group of people who attempt to rescue, find or save a person or people for danger, esp a person or people who have got lost while mountain climbing
- resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
- sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- safety touch — a two-point play
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- sanctus bell — a bell rung during the celebration of Mass to call attention to the more solemn parts.
- sans-culotte — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
- santalaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Santalaceae, a family of semiparasitic plants of Australia and Malaysia including sandalwood and quandong
- scare quotes — quotation marks placed around a word or phrase to indicate that it should not be taken literally or automatically accepted as true
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
- secret sauce — a secret element, strategy, procedure, etc., that accounts for or increases the chances of success: The app's secret sauce is its simple interface.
- secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- sensualistic — of or pertaining to the philosophical position of sensualism
- septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- st.-eustache — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- star cluster — a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction. Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.
- state church — established church.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.