12-letter words containing a, d, u, c
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- testiculated — like a testicle, esp in shape
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- trabeculated — having trabeculae, transversely barred
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- traffic duty — an assignment to help the flow of traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- transductant — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- tuberculated — bearing tubercles, knobbly projections or excrescences
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- ultraradical — extremely radical, esp having radical political ideas
- un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- unacclimated — not accustomed or adapted to
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- unaccustomed — not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
- unacquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unascendable — not able to be ascended or climbed
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- unattendance — the act of attending.
- uncalculated — not calculated; that has not been computed or evaluated
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncandidness — the quality or condition of being uncandid; lack of candidness or openness
- uncatalogued — not added to or detailed in a catalogue
- uncelebrated — not celebrated or marked by festivities; unremarked
- unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
- unchannelled — not conveyed or routed along a channel
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- uncharnelled — removed from a charnel; exhumed
- uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- uncoagulated — Obsolete. coagulated.
- unconjugated — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- uncontracted — drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken.
- uncorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- uncovenanted — not agreed to or promised by covenant.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- undelectable — delightful; highly pleasing; enjoyable: a delectable witticism.