12-letter words containing c, r, e, u, s
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hypersurface — a mathematical object that generalizes the concept of surface from three-dimensional Euclidean space to hyperspace.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- in course of — in the process of
- inaccuracies — Plural form of inaccuracy.
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- insectariums — Plural form of insectarium.
- insecureness — Insecurity.
- insecurities — lack of confidence or assurance; self-doubt: He is plagued by insecurity.
- instructible — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- instructress — a woman who instructs; teacher.
- insurgencies — Plural form of insurgency.
- 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
- intercluster — relating to, occurring, or situated between two or more clusters
- internuncios — Plural form of internuncio.
- ipecac syrup — a preparation containing ipecac in a syrupy medium, used as an emetic.
- jack russell — a small short-legged terrier having a white coat with tan, black, or lemon markings: there are rough- and smooth-haired varieties
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- jesus christ — Jesus (def 1).
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- jurisdictive — Jurisdictional.
- jury process — the writ used to summon jurors
- kletterschuh — a lightweight climbing boot with a canvas or suede upper and Vibram (originally felt or cord) sole
- lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latus rectum — the chord perpendicular to the principal axis and passing through a focus of an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.
- lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
- le corbusier — (Charles Édouard Jeanneret) 1887–1965, Swiss architect in France.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
- macaberesque — resembling or suggestive of the danse macabre; macabre
- macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
- manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
- manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- marcellus ii — (Marcello Cervini) 1501–55, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1555.
- marcus baker — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
- mare clausum — a body of navigable water under the sole jurisdiction of a nation.
- mare crisium — (Sea of Crises) a dark plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 66,000 sq. mi. (170,000 sq. km).