10-letter words containing c, e, l, u, i, t
- multigenic — controlled by several genes; polygenic
- multimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein that has multiple polypeptide chains.
- multipiece — Comprising more than one piece.
- neurolytic — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- novaculite — a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- nucleating — Present participle of nucleate.
- nucleation — having a nucleus.
- nucleotide — any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.
- orbiculate — orbicular; rounded.
- paniculate — arranged in panicles.
- pediculate — of or related to the Pediculati, a group of teleost fishes, characterized by the elongated base of their pectoral fins, simulating an arm or peduncle.
- pentelicus — Latin name of Pendelikon.
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- pleustonic — a buoyant mat of weeds, algae, and associated organisms that floats on or near the surface of a lake, river, or other body of fresh water.
- productile — capable of being lengthened out; extensile.
- reticulate — netted; covered with a network.
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- secularist — secular spirit or tendency, especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship.
- secularity — secular views or beliefs; secularism.
- semilucent — partially translucent
- single-cut — noting a file having a series of parallel cutting ridges in one direction only.
- sluicegate — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- subarticle — an article that forms part of a larger or main article
- subdialect — a division of a larger dialect
- sublattice — a set of elements of a lattice, in which each subset of two elements has a least upper bound and a greatest lower bound contained in the given set.
- supplicate — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- testicular — of or relating to the testes.
- tiliaceous — belonging to the Tiliaceae, the linden family of plants.
- trachelium — (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
- trickle-up — noting or pertaining to the theory that monetary benefits directed toward small businesses and the poor will gradually pass up to big business and the rich.
- trisulcate — having three grooves or furrows
- tuberculin — a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of the tubercle bacillus, used in the diagnosis and, formerly, in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- ulcerating — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ulcerative — causing ulceration.
- ultrafiche — a form of microfiche with the images greatly reduced in size, generally by a factor of 100 or more.
- umbilicate — having the form of an umbilicus or navel.
- unathletic — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
- unciliated — not ciliated or ciliate
- uncloister — to free from confinement of any kind
- unicentral — (of growth or development) in, from, or around one central point
- unmetrical — not having, using, or relating to poetic metre
- uricotelic — designating those animals, as reptiles or birds, that excrete most of their waste nitrogen in the form of uric acid, usually in the urine
- utriculate — having a utricle; utricular; baglike.
- ventriculi — the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.
- vesiculate — characterized by or covered with vesicles.