12-letter words containing c, i, r, u, s, e
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- jesus christ — Jesus (def 1).
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- jurisdictive — Jurisdictional.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- le corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
- manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
- manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
- marcellus ii — (Marcello Cervini) 1501–55, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1555.
- mare crisium — (Sea of Crises) a dark plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 66,000 sq. mi. (170,000 sq. km).
- matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
- media circus — excessive news coverage
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- mercurialism — poisoning by mercury.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- meretricious — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microinsurer — (insurance) An insurer providing microinsurance, small low-cost policies aimed at underserved groups.
- micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- microsurgeon — a person who performs microsurgery
- microsurgery — any of various surgical procedures performed under magnification and with small specialized instruments, permitting very delicate operations, as the reconnection of severed blood vessels and nerves.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misconstrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconstrue.
- mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
- mock-serious — pretending to be serious as a joke, etc
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- multiservice — involving two or more of the armed services
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- music centre — a single hi-fi unit containing (for example) a turntable, amplifier, radio, cassette player, and compact disc player
- music locker — Digital Technology. an online service that supports cloud-based storage of digital music files so as to allow users to stream or download their personal music collections for playback on any compatible device: I uploaded all my CDs to a music locker, and now I can access the music from my laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- net curtains — curtains made of a thin light mesh fabric of cotton, nylon, or other fibre
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.