12-letter words containing c, o, u, n, t, i
- first cousin — cousin (def 1).
- flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
- flocculation — to form into flocculent masses.
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- friction rub — the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- 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).
- function key — a key on a computer keyboard or terminal that, when pressed, alone or in combination with other keys, causes a specific computational or mechanical operation to be carried out.
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- functionally — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functionless — Lacking a function.
- gap junction — a linkage of two adjacent cells consisting of a system of channels extending across a gap from one cell to the other, allowing the passage of ions and small molecules.
- geniculation — the state of being geniculate.
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- get in touch — make contact
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- hill country — hilly area
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- in-congruent — not congruent.
- incautiously — In an incautious manner; with a lack of caution.
- incestuously — involving incest.
- inclusionist — (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) Describing a wiki user who tends to favor the inclusion of questionable articles.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inconsequent — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
- incontiguous — not continuous; unconnected; discrete
- incorruption — the quality or condition of being incorrupt.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- incumbent on — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- inimicitious — inimical
- inoccupation — a lack of occupation