12-letter words containing c, u, l, p
- suboperculum — a bone in fishes behind the operculum or gill covering
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
- super pascal — (language) A Pascal variant used in the reference below. Super Pascal adds non-numeric labels, a return statement and expressions as names of types.
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- supercilious — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supercluster — a cluster of open clusters.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superculture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- 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
- supernacular — relating to supernaculum
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- superspecial — extra special
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
- supracrustal — relating to rocks that overlie the basement rock of the crust
- suspiciously — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
- swamp locust — water locust.
- tau particle — an unstable, negatively charged lepton with a mass of c. 1,777 MeV/c2 (or c. 3,490 times that of an electron) and a mean lifetime of 2.2 ×10-13 second
- telecomputer — teleprocessing.
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
- tractor pull — a contest in which tractors compete to pull the heaviest load.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- trumpet call — a blast made by a trumpet that serves as a summons or call
- turbo pascal — (language, product) Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
- ultracompact — extremely compact, esp of technology that is much smaller than a standard model
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- unacceptable — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- unacceptably — in an intolerable manner
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- unapplicable — applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
- uncapsizable — (of a boat, etc) that cannot be capsized
- uncapturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- uncomparable — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- uncompelling — tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: There were compelling reasons for their divorce.
- uncomplacent — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- uncomposable — not fit for composition
- uncomputable — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- undiscipline — the trait or characteristic of not having discipline