12-letter words containing a, c, t, u, l
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- successantly — in succession
- sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supracrustal — relating to rocks that overlie the basement rock of the crust
- surrealistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.
- swamp locust — water locust.
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- take counsel — receive advice
- talent scout — a person whose business it is to recognize and recruit persons of marked aptitude for a certain field or occupation, especially in entertainment or sports.
- tau particle — an unstable, negatively charged lepton with a mass of c. 1,777 MeV/c2 (or c. 3,490 times that of an electron) and a mean lifetime of 2.2 ×10-13 second
- tautological — needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”.
- testiculated — like a testicle, esp in shape
- teutonically — of or relating to the ancient Teutons.
- thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
- time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- trabeculated — having trabeculae, transversely barred
- tractor pull — a contest in which tractors compete to pull the heaviest load.
- tralaticious — transferred or passed down
- translucence — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- translucency — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trimolecular — pertaining to or having three molecules.
- trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.
- trumpet call — a blast made by a trumpet that serves as a summons or call
- tuberculated — bearing tubercles, knobbly projections or excrescences
- turbo pascal — (language, product) Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
- ultracareful — extremely or especially careful
- ultracompact — extremely compact, esp of technology that is much smaller than a standard model
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- ultraradical — extremely radical, esp having radical political ideas
- umbilication — a central navellike depression.
- un-creatable — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- unacceptable — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- unacceptably — in an intolerable manner
- unacclimated — not accustomed or adapted to
- unactionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- unarticulate — not articulated; not having the use of intelligible language