11-letter words containing a, s, t, u, c
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- summercater — a person who lives on the Maine coast only in the summer.
- superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- supplicavit — a mandatory writ formerly issued from the King's Bench or Court of Chancery
- support act — a band or entertainer not topping the bill
- supracostal — above the rib
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- susceptance — the imaginary component of admittance, equal to the quotient of the negative of the reactance divided by the sum of the squares of the reactance and resistance. Symbol: B.
- suscitation — the act of suscitating
- suspectable — that could be suspected
- syndactylus — a person having united or webbed fingers or toes.
- tactfulness — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- tea biscuit — a small, round, soft biscuit, usually shortened and sweetened.
- tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- testiculate — shaped like a testis.
- tetracoccus — a spherical bacterium occurring in square groups of four.
- the accused — the defendant or defendants appearing on a criminal charge
- thoughtcast — a mode of thought
- tonal music — music that uses the diatonic system
- tourist car — a railroad sleeping car, usually having seats that can be converted into berths.
- touristical — of, relating to, or typical of tourists or tourism: She embarked on her itinerary with high touristic fervor.
- tract house — a house forming part of a real-estate development, usually having a plan and appearance common to some or all of the houses in the development.
- transductor — a magnetic device that amplifies electronic signals
- translucent — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- transuranic — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
- treacherous — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- tricuspidal — having three cusps
- trobar clus — a complex and obscure style of writing adopted by some 12th-century Provençal poets.
- truckmaster — an officer in charge of trade with Native Americans, esp among the early settlers
- tuberaceous — belonging or relating to the order of fungi Tuberaceae, or specifically the truffle genus (Tuber)
- turishcheva — Ludmilla (lʊdˈmɪlə). born 1952, Soviet gymnast: world champion 1970, 1972 (at the Olympic Games), and 1974
- ultracasual — extremely casual
- ultrasecret — completely secret
- ultrasonics — the branch of science that deals with the effects of sound waves above human perception.
- unaesthetic — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
- unapostolic — not apostolic; not related to or characteristic of the early Christian apostles or their subsequent apostles
- uncastrated — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- unchastened — to inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
- unchastised — not chastised or reprimanded
- unchristian — not conforming to Christian teaching or principles: unchristian selfishness.
- unclarities — clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- uncustomary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- unpractised — not trained or skilled; inexpert: an unpracticed actor.
- unrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.