12-letter words containing a, u, r, i, c
- excruciation — Some excruciating pain.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- facial scrub — a beauty product or treatment which cleanses and exfoliates the skin of the face
- false cirrus — a type of thick cirrus cloud spreading from the top of a cumulonimbus cloud
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- fascicularly — in a fascicular manner
- ferulic acid — a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- fluorouracil — a pyrimidine analog, C 4 H 3 FN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of certain cancers.
- fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
- fumaric acid — a colorless, odorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 4 H 4 O 4 , isomeric with maleic acid, essential to cellular respiration in most eukaryotic organisms: used in the making of synthetic resins and as a replacement for tartaric acid in beverages and baking powders.
- furocoumarin — psoralen.
- gaillard cut — an artificial cutting in the Panama Canal Zone, NW of the city of Panama: excavated for the Panama Canal. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- gun carriage — the structure on which a gun is mounted or moved and from which it is fired.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- imparticular — (proscribed) in particular.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- in your face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- in-your-face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- inaccuracies — Plural form of inaccuracy.
- inaccurately — In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
- inarticulate — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- incumbrancer — (legal) One who holds incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- incurability — The quality or state of being incurable—not being able to be cured.
- induced drag — the drag force generated in the production of lift.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.