12-letter words containing c, a, u, s, t
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- squash court — an enclosed court used in the game of squash
- squattocracy — squatters collectively, regarded as rich and influential
- st.-eustache — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- star cluster — a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction. Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.
- starch syrup — glucose (def 2).
- starch-syrup — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- state church — established church.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
- straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
- structurally — of or relating to structure; pertaining or essential to a structure.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subcutaneous — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
- subsecretary — a secretary subordinate to another secretary
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- successantly — in succession
- succussation — a jolting or shaking
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- suicide pact — an agreement between two or more people to commit suicide together.
- sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
- 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.