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12-letter words containing c, r, u, s, t, i

  • picture show — motion picture.
  • pisciculture — the breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means.
  • point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
  • postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
  • quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
  • quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
  • reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
  • resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
  • resurrective — of or relating to resurrection
  • resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
  • rustic joint — a joint between stones recessed from the faces between sunken drafts or bevels.
  • saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
  • scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
  • scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
  • scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
  • scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
  • scrutinizing — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
  • scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
  • security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
  • shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
  • side circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
  • silviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
  • sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
  • south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
  • speculatrice — a female speculator
  • stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
  • stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
  • stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
  • stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
  • strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
  • 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.
  • sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
  • subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
  • subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
  • subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
  • subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
  • subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
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