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12-letter words containing c, o, u, r, s

  • false colour — colour used in a computer or photographic display to help in interpreting the image, as in the use of red to show high temperatures and blue to show low temperatures in an infrared image converter
  • first cousin — cousin (def 1).
  • flesh colour — of a yellowish-pink to yellowish-grey colour roughly that of the skin of a white person
  • flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
  • fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
  • fluorescence — the emission of radiation, especially of visible light, by a substance during exposure to external radiation, as light or x-rays. Compare phosphorescence (def 1).
  • fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
  • fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
  • fluoroscopes — Plural form of fluoroscope.
  • fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
  • focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
  • forasmuch as — since
  • forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
  • foreclosures — Plural form of foreclosure.
  • formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • four-corners — a point in the SW U.S., at the intersection of 37° N latitude and 109° W longitude, where the boundaries of four states—Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico—meet: the only such point in the U.S.
  • fourses cake — a traditional English bread made with lard, dried fruit, and spices
  • 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).
  • fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
  • furfuraceous — of or containing bran.
  • furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
  • future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
  • geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
  • gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
  • graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
  • graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
  • granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
  • groupuscules — Plural form of groupuscule.
  • gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
  • herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
  • heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
  • homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
  • homochromous — being all of one color, as a composite flower or flower head.
  • homochronous — (of a genetic character) occurring at the same age or period in the offspring as in the parent.
  • host country — nation staging an international event
  • house church — a group of Christians meeting for worship in a private house
  • house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
  • house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
  • housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
  • housewrecker — wrecker (def 4).
  • hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
  • hypochlorous — of or derived from hypochlorous acid.
  • ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
  • in course of — in the process of
  • inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
  • inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
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