12-letter words containing c, e, r, u
- induced drag — the drag force generated in the production of lift.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- 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.
- instructress — a woman who instructs; teacher.
- insurgencies — Plural form of insurgency.
- insurrection — an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
- interacinous — situated between the acini of a gland or lung.
- interclusion — the act of intercluding
- intercluster — relating to, occurring, or situated between two or more clusters
- intercommune — to commune or converse together
- intercountry — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- interculture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- intercurrent — intervening, as of time or events.
- intercurring — Present participle of intercur.
- intercutting — to cut from one type of shot to another, as from a long shot to a closeup.
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- interfluence — the action of flowing together or merging
- interlocular — having one or more locules.
- interlocuter — A person who participates in a conversation.
- interlocutor — a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
- internuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- internucleon — internuclear
- internuncial — serving to announce or connect.
- internuncios — Plural form of internuncio.
- intranuclear — existing or taking place within a nucleus.
- introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- ipecac syrup — a preparation containing ipecac in a syrupy medium, used as an emetic.
- jack russell — a small short-legged terrier having a white coat with tan, black, or lemon markings: there are rough- and smooth-haired varieties
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- jesus christ — Jesus (def 1).
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- joliot-curie — Irène [ee-ren] /iˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), (Irène Curie) 1897–1956, French nuclear physicist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935 (daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie).
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- junior clerk — a clerk of low rank
- jurisdictive — Jurisdictional.
- jury process — the writ used to summon jurors
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- kletterschuh — a lightweight climbing boot with a canvas or suede upper and Vibram (originally felt or cord) sole
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
- lace-curtain — characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
- lacquer tree — any of several trees yielding a resin used as lacquer, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.
- ladder truck — hook and ladder.
- laffer curve — a relationship postulated between tax rates and tax receipts indicating that rates above a certain level actually produce less revenue because they discourage taxable endeavors and vice versa.