12-letter words containing c, e, n, s, u, r
- cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- deconstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct.
- decorousness — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- disencumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber.
- disjunctures — Plural form of disjuncture.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- dodecandrous — (of a plant) having twelve stamens
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- encumbrances — Plural form of encumbrance.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- enstructured — built into the structure of something
- enterococcus — A streptococcus of a group that occurs naturally in the intestine but causes inflammation and blood infection if introduced elsewhere in the body (e.g., by injury or surgery).
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- excursioning — Present participle of excursion.
- excursionist — A person who goes on excursions; a traveller or tourist.
- excursionize — to go on an excursion or excursions
- executioners — Plural form of executioner.
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- fluorescence — the emission of radiation, especially of visible light, by a substance during exposure to external radiation, as light or x-rays. Compare phosphorescence (def 1).
- fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
- forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- four-corners — a point in the SW U.S., at the intersection of 37° N latitude and 109° W longitude, where the boundaries of four states—Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico—meet: the only such point in the U.S.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- 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).
- geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
- gracefulness — The state of being graceful.
- graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- in course of — in the process of
- inaccuracies — Plural form of inaccuracy.
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- insectariums — Plural form of insectarium.
- insecureness — Insecurity.
- insecurities — lack of confidence or assurance; self-doubt: He is plagued by insecurity.
- instructible — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.