12-letter words containing a, c, u, s, o, r
- country seat — A country seat is a large house with land in the country which is owned by someone who also owns a house in a town.
- courageously — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- courtesy car — a car that is lent to c customer by a garage or insurance company
- crash course — A crash course in a particular subject is a short course in which you are taught basic facts or skills, for example before you start a new job.
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- crosscut saw — a saw for cutting timber across the grain
- cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- dodecandrous — (of a plant) having twelve stamens
- droseraceous — of or relating to the genus of plants Drosera
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- escape route — way out: of situation
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- false colour — colour used in a computer or photographic display to help in interpreting the image, as in the use of red to show high temperatures and blue to show low temperatures in an infrared image converter
- forasmuch as — since
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- fourses cake — a traditional English bread made with lard, dried fruit, and spices
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
- furfuraceous — of or containing bran.
- geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- interacinous — situated between the acini of a gland or lung.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- 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