12-letter words containing c, o, s, t, u
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- disjunctions — Plural form of disjunction.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dulcet tones — People often use the expression dulcet tones to refer to someone's voice.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
- electrocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrocute.
- electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
- elocutionist — Someone who practices or teaches elocution.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- 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).
- equinoctials — Plural form of equinoctial.
- escape route — way out: of situation
- eulogistical — Alternative form of eulogistic.
- eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
- exclusionist — Acting to shut out or bar someone from a place, group, or privilege.
- excursionist — A person who goes on excursions; a traveller or tourist.
- executioners — Plural form of executioner.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factitiously — In a factitious manner.
- felicitously — In a felicitous manner.
- fictitiously — created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
- first cousin — cousin (def 1).
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- folliculitis — inflammation of hair follicles.
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
- fructivorous — Fruit-eating.
- 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).
- functionless — Lacking a function.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
- glaucomatous — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- gut of canso — Canso (def 2).