12-letter words containing c, r, u, i, s
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- suborbicular — nearly circular or orblike
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- subscribable — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- subservience — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subserviency — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- substruction — a foundation or substructure.
- suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- sunscreening — the use of sunscreens
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- supercarrier — a large aircraft carrier
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- supercilious — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
- 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.
- superspecial — extra special
- superspecies — a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- 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.
- sylviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
- synclinorium — a regional structure of general synclinal form that includes a series of smaller folds.
- 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.
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- top security — ultra secure
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- tralaticious — transferred or passed down
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- trichuriasis — intestinal infestation with the roundworm Trichuris trichiura, producing nausea, abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea, common in tropical areas with poor sanitation.