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12-letter words containing a, r, t, i, c

  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stercoranism — the belief that the consecrated Eucharistic elements, the bread and wine, are subject to decay and pass through the body like other ingested things
  • stercoranist — a person who believes in stercoranism
  • stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
  • stereoptican — a projector usually consisting of two complete lanterns arranged so that one picture appears to dissolve while the next is forming.
  • stereotactic — movement of an organism in response to contact with a solid.
  • stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
  • strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
  • straitjacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
  • straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
  • strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
  • subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
  • subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
  • subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
  • 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
  • substraction — the act or process of subtracting
  • sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
  • supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
  • 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.
  • supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
  • surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
  • surrealistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.
  • switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
  • tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
  • tachyphrasia — a communication disorder involving rapid, unintelligible speech
  • tactile hair — any highly sensitive hair of an animal, as the whiskers of a cat or hairs on a hedgehog's snout.
  • target price — anticipated retail cost
  • 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
  • tax increase — an increase in the amount of tax that people and companies are obliged to pay
  • teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
  • technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
  • telergically — in a telergic manner
  • terebic acid — an acid, C 7 H 10 O 4 , formed by the oxidation of certain terpenes and historically important in the discovery of the structures of many terpenes.
  • terephthalic — relating to, designating, or derived from terephthalic acid or its derivatives
  • terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
  • testificator — a person who witnesses
  • tetracycline — an antibiotic, C 22 H 24 H 2 O 8 , derived from chlortetracycline, used in medicine to treat a broad variety of infections.
  • tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
  • thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
  • the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • the creation — God's act of bringing the universe into being
  • the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
  • the triassic — the Triassic period or rock system
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