12-letter words containing c, o, u, r, t, e
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- 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.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- home country — the country a person comes from
- 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.
- horticulture — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- in-congruent — not congruent.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- insurrection — an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
- interacinous — situated between the acini of a gland or lung.
- interclusion — the act of intercluding
- intercommune — to commune or converse together
- intercountry — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- interlocular — having one or more locules.
- interlocuter — A person who participates in a conversation.
- interlocutor — a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
- internucleon — internuclear
- internuncios — Plural form of internuncio.
- introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- joliot-curie — Irène [ee-ren] /iˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), (Irène Curie) 1897–1956, French nuclear physicist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935 (daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie).
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- lecture room — conference hall
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- meretricious — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
- microcentury — One CS professor used to characterise the standard length of his lectures as a microcentury - that is, about 52.6 minutes (see also attoparsec, nanoacre, and especially microfortnight).
- microculture — subculture (def 3b).
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misconstrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconstrue.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.