12-letter words containing c, a, r, y, o, u
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- in your face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- in-your-face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- 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.
- lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- mornay sauce — a rich white sauce to which grated cheese, usually Swiss or Parmesan, and seasonings have been added
- neurotically — of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pay court to — to court, as for favor or love
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- preoccupancy — the act, right, or instance of prior occupancy.
- procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- recuperatory — of or relating to recovery or recuperation
- renunciatory — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- seymour cray — (person) The founder of Cray Research and designer of several of their supercomputers. Cray has been a charismatic yet somewhat reclusive figure. He began Cray Research in Minnesota in 1972. In 1988, Cray moved his Cray-3 project to Colorado Springs. The next year, Cray Research spun it off to create Cray Computer. In 1989, Cray left Cray Research and started Cray Computer Corporation in Colorado Springs. His quest to build a faster computer using new-generation materials failed in 1995, and his bankruptcy cost half a billion dollars and more than 400 jobs. The company was unable to raise $20 million needed to finish the Cray-4 and filed for bankruptcy in March 1995. In the summer of 1996, Cray started a Colorado Springs-based company called SRC Computers, Inc. "We think we'll build computers, but who knows what kind or how," Cray said at the time. "We'll talk it over and see if we can come up with a plan." On 1996-09-22, aged 70, Cray broke his neck in a car accident. Surgery for massive head injuries and swelling of the brain leaving him in a critical and unstable condition.
- squattocracy — squatters collectively, regarded as rich and influential
- stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- unheroically — in an unheroic manner
- unironically — pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery: an ironical compliment; an ironical smile.