12-letter words containing c, o, u, r, t, e
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- summer stock — the production of plays, musical comedy, etc., during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, often by a repertory company.
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
- telecommuter — person: works from home
- telecomputer — teleprocessing.
- tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- three-colour — of, relating to, or comprising a colour print or a photomechanical process in which a picture is reproduced by superimposing three prints from half-tone plates in inks corresponding to the three primary colours
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- tone cluster — a group of adjacent notes played on a keyboard instrument typically with the fist, forearm, or elbow, similar groupings also occurring in orchestral music.
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- top security — ultra secure
- touch screen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- touch-screen — using touch-sensitive screen
- tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
- trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trimolecular — pertaining to or having three molecules.
- 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
- truck jobber — a jobber or wholesaler who makes calls carrying goods on a truck, thereby being able to take and deliver orders on the same call.
- 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.
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- tuckered out — exhausted
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbo-charge — to equip (an internal-combustion engine) with a turbocharger.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turbocharger — a supercharger that is driven by a turbine turned by exhaust gases from the engine.
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- unconfronted — to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.
- unconsecrate — profane or base
- uncontracted — drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken.
- uncontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- unconversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.