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12-letter words containing c, o, u, n, t, i

  • outcompeting — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
  • outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
  • outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
  • outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
  • outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
  • overdiscount — to discount excessively
  • p-n junction — a boundary between a p-type and n-type semiconductor that functions as a rectifier and is used in diodes and junction transistors
  • panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
  • patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
  • pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
  • pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
  • photoinduced — induced by light.
  • picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
  • pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
  • pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
  • pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
  • point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • preinduction — occurring before an induction
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
  • protoduction — (jargon)   A prototype that ends up in a production environment.
  • puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
  • pulp fiction — fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp.
  • pumice stone — abrasive stone used for exfoliating
  • pumice-stone — Also called pumice stone. a porous or spongy form of volcanic glass, used as an abrasive.
  • punctulation — the state of being punctulate
  • puncturation — the act of puncturing
  • punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
  • purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
  • putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
  • rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
  • reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • renunciation — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
  • renunciatory — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
  • reoccupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
  • reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
  • reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
  • rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
  • rustic joint — a joint between stones recessed from the faces between sunken drafts or bevels.
  • sansculottic — relating to sansculottes
  • scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
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