12-letter words containing a, d, u, c
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- injudicially — in an unlawful manner
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- juan de fuca — a strait between Vancouver Island and NW Washington. 100 miles (160 km) long; 15–20 miles (24–32 km) wide.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- knock around — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- ladder truck — hook and ladder.
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- mauve decade — the 1890s, considered as a social and cultural period characterized by prosperity and complacency.
- maximum card — a picture postcard to which a stamp can be affixed on the picture side, after which it can be cancelled by the appropriate postal service.
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- media circus — excessive news coverage
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
- multidecadal — Involving multiple decades.
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- multiplicand — a number to be multiplied by another.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- mycodomatium — an abnormal growth on a plant, caused by fungi
- nand circuit — Computers. a circuit that is energized when any one of its inputs is not energized.
- nautical day — a period from noon of one day to noon of the next, used in reckoning time aboard ship.
- nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- noneducation — not involving education
- nonnucleated — having no nucleus
- noun adjunct — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
- nucleic acid — any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- nudum pactum — a simple contract or promise involving no legal considerations.
- opium addict — someone who is addicted to the dried juice extracted from the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt