12-letter words containing c, r, o, s, l, u
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
- corallaceous — having the nature of coral
- corollaceous — of, relating to, resembling, or having a corolla
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
- counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
- counterplots — Plural form of counterplot.
- counterspell — a spell or charm which acts against another spell, esp in fantasy or role-playing games
- counterstyle — an opposing style
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- courageously — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- coxless four — a boat for four oarsman and no cox
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- crepusculous — Alternative form of crepuscular.
- cross colour — distortion in a colour television receiver in which high-frequency luminance detail is interpreted as colour information and reproduced as flashes of spurious colour
- cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery
- cumbersomely — In a cumbersome way.
- cumulocirrus — a cloud that shares charracteristics of cumulus and cirrus clouds
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- electrocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrocute.
- electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- exclusive or — (logic) (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
- false colour — colour used in a computer or photographic display to help in interpreting the image, as in the use of red to show high temperatures and blue to show low temperatures in an infrared image converter
- flesh colour — of a yellowish-pink to yellowish-grey colour roughly that of the skin of a white person
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- fluorescence — the emission of radiation, especially of visible light, by a substance during exposure to external radiation, as light or x-rays. Compare phosphorescence (def 1).
- fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopes — Plural form of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
- focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
- forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- foreclosures — Plural form of foreclosure.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- groupuscules — Plural form of groupuscule.
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- hypochlorous — of or derived from hypochlorous acid.
- inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true