12-letter words containing c, r, e, u, s
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- supersecrecy — extreme secrecy
- superspecial — extra special
- superspecies — a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.
- surface area — the total area on the surface of a three-dimensional figure
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- surface road — a road or street level with its surroundings: surface roads and elevated highways.
- surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
- surrealistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- sylviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- tartar sauce — a mayonnaise dressing for fish and seafood, usually with chopped pickles, onions, olives, capers, and green herbs added.
- 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.
- tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
- the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
- the pictures — a cinema or film show
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- 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.
- 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
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- transcurrent — running or extending across or transversely.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- translucence — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- translucency — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- 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 system — the system of paying wages in goods instead of money.
- 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.
- ubermenschen — superman (def 2).
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- uncensorious — not censorious or critical; not characterized by censure
- unchristened — not christened
- unconsecrate — profane or base
- unconsidered — thought about or decided upon with care: a considered opinion.
- 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 canvas — If you are living and sleeping under canvas, you are living and sleeping in a tent.