12-letter words containing c, o, u, r, s
- tralaticious — transferred or passed down
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- true colours — If you see someone in their true colours or if they show their true colours, you realize what they are really like.
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuberculosis — an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles.
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- turbo pascal — (language, product) Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
- uncensorious — not censorious or critical; not characterized by censure
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- unconsecrate — profane or base
- unconsidered — thought about or decided upon with care: a considered opinion.
- unconstraint — lack of constraint: Their home has a feeling of unconstraint and warm hospitableness.
- unconversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- uncourageous — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- under escort — with armed accompaniment
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- underscoring — the practice of drawing or scoring a line or mark under
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- undiscovered — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- unit process — any of a number of standard operations, such as filtration or distillation, that are widely used in various chemical and process industries
- unmiraculous — not caused by a miracle
- unobservance — a failure to comply or observe (a law, custom, etc)
- unobstructed — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unscrupulous — not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
- upper school — a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.
- urethroscope — an apparatus for observing the urethra.
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
- vacuum servo — a servomechanism that is operated by the lowering of pressure in the intake duct of an internal-combustion engine
- verbenaceous — belonging to the plant family Verbenaceae.
- very much so — The expression very much so is an emphatic way of answering 'yes' to something or saying that it is true or correct.
- victoriously — having achieved a victory; conquering; triumphant: our victorious army.
- vociferously — crying out noisily; clamorous.
- water locust — a spiny tree, Gleditsia aquatica, of the legume family, native to the southeastern coastal U.S., having pinnate leaves, greenish-yellow, bell-shaped flowers, and long-stalked, thin pods.
- watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
- watercourses — Plural form of watercourse.
- wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.
- work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.
- writeacourse — (language) A CAI language for IBM 360.
- x consortium — A vendor consortium supporting development, evolution and maintenance of the X Window System. The X Consortium is an independent, not-for-profit company. It was formed in 1993 as the successor to the MIT X Consortium, a research group of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science.