12-letter words containing c, r, u
- antineuritic — inflammation of a nerve.
- antipruritic — acting against or preventing itching
- apiculturist — beekeeping, especially on a commercial scale for the sale of honey.
- appeal court — An appeal court is the same as a Court of Appeal.
- appendicular — relating to an appendage or appendicle
- apple sucker — a small homopterous insect, Psyllia mali, originally of Europe, that is a serious pest of apple crops.
- appurtenance — a secondary or less significant thing or part
- aquacultural — related to aquaculture
- arc spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric arc, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the arc passes.
- arch support — a rigid support placed inside a shoe so that its molded form fits the arch of the foot and relieves strain on the muscles of the foot while walking, standing, etc.
- arched truss — a truss having an archlike form but unlike a true arch in that it is free to move horizontally at its base, as in expanding or contracting because of temperature changes.
- archesporium — archespore.
- archipallium — (anatomy) The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.
- architecture — Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.
- archosaurian — belonging to or characteristic of the archosaurs
- argillaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of very fine-grained material, such as clay, shale, etc
- armoured car — a fast lightly armed and armoured vehicle, mainly used for reconnaissance
- army cutworm — the larva of a noctuid moth, Chorizagrotis auxiliaris, that is a pest of wheat and alfalfa in the Plains states.
- articulately — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- articulating — Present participle of articulate.
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- articulative — relating to articulation
- articulators — Plural form of articulator.
- articulatory — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- ash-coloured — silver-grey in colour
- astronautics — the science and technology of space flight
- asynchronous — An asynchronous electric machine is one in which the magnetic field and the rotation are not exactly the same.
- au contraire — on the contrary
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- auger effect — the spontaneous emission of an electron instead of a photon by an excited ion as a result of a vacancy being filled in an inner electron shell
- autarkically — In an autarkic way.
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- autocratical — Autocratic.
- autocritique — the examination of factors guiding one's thoughts, beliefs and actions; self-criticism
- autodestruct — likely to or possessing the power to destroy or obliterate itself or its possessor
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- autoreactive — (immunology, medicine) Acting against the organism by which it was produced.
- autorhythmic — That generates its own rhythm.
- autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
- avariciously — characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.
- avascularity — the condition of having few blood vessels or of being without blood vessels
- averruncator — a long pair of shears used for pruning the higher branches of trees
- aviculturist — A person who keeps and rears (breeds) birds.
- avuncularity — the condition of being an uncle
- baby-bouncer — a seat on springs suspended from a door frame, etc, in which a baby may be placed for exercise
- baccalaurean — of a baccalaureate
- baccalauréat — (esp in France) a school-leaving examination that qualifies the successful candidates for entrance to university
- bach trumpet — a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music