12-letter words containing c, o, u, t, e
- 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.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- subcommittee — a secondary committee appointed out of a main committee.
- subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- subcontinent — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcutaneous — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- suicide note — letter left by person ending own life
- 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
- take counsel — receive advice
- talent scout — a person whose business it is to recognize and recruit persons of marked aptitude for a certain field or occupation, especially in entertainment or sports.
- 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
- technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
- telecommuter — person: works from home
- telecomputer — teleprocessing.
- tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
- teutonically — of or relating to the ancient Teutons.
- the conquest — the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- 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.
- to cut loose — If a person or an organization cuts loose or is cut loose, they become free from the influence or authority of other people.
- tomato juice — liquid from a tomato
- tomato sauce — ketchup
- 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.
- tool subject — a subject that, when mastered, equips students with a skill useful in studying other subjects: Grammar is a tool subject for English composition.
- 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 system — a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to one or more keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard.
- touch-me-not — any of several plants belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, especially I. noli-tangere, bearing pods that, when ripe, burst on being touched, scattering the seeds.
- touch-screen — using touch-sensitive screen
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- touchy-feely — Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.
- tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
- tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
- trench mouth — Vincent's angina.