12-letter words containing a, s, t, u, c, i
- multisulcate — having many grooves or furrows
- musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
- naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- net curtains — curtains made of a thin light mesh fabric of cotton, nylon, or other fibre
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neutralistic — Employing or relating to neutralism.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noncausative — Not causative.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- nuisance tax — a tax paid in small but frequent amounts, usually by consumers.
- numismatical — Alternative form of numismatic.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- octastichous — relating to a particular coiled distribution of leaves on the stem that is characterized by having eight leaves per coil on the stem
- optoacoustic — relating to the relationship between light and sound
- otacousticon — (now rare) An instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- quick assets — assets readily convertible into cash; liquid current assets
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
- saint lucian — of or relating to Saint Lucia, an island state in the Caribbean
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- sansculottic — relating to sansculottes
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.