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12-letter words containing a, c, u, r, s

  • juristically — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
  • labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
  • lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
  • 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.
  • lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
  • 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.
  • lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
  • lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
  • lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
  • macaberesque — resembling or suggestive of the danse macabre; macabre
  • macrocarpous — having large fruit.
  • macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
  • macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
  • macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
  • magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
  • manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
  • manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
  • manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
  • manuscriptal — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
  • marcellus ii — (Marcello Cervini) 1501–55, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1555.
  • marcus baker — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
  • mare clausum — a body of navigable water under the sole jurisdiction of a nation.
  • mare crisium — (Sea of Crises) a dark plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 66,000 sq. mi. (170,000 sq. km).
  • mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
  • matriculants — Plural form of matriculant.
  • matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
  • matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
  • media circus — excessive news coverage
  • megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
  • mercurialism — poisoning by mercury.
  • mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
  • mercury mass — blue mass (def 1).
  • metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
  • microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
  • microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
  • microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
  • miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
  • misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
  • mornay sauce — a rich white sauce to which grated cheese, usually Swiss or Parmesan, and seasonings have been added
  • muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
  • murman coast — an Arctic coastal region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kola Peninsula.
  • musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
  • necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
  • 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.
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