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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • surrealistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.
  • tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
  • 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
  • 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
  • the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
  • theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
  • theatrically — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
  • theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
  • theoretician — a person who deals with or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject: a military theoretician.
  • therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
  • thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
  • time charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified period
  • tinea cruris — jock itch.
  • torrefaction — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
  • trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
  • traceability — capable of being traced.
  • tracing tape — (on a building site) one of several lines stretched between batter boards to outline the foundations.
  • tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
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