12-letter words containing c, u, s, p
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- dipsacaceous — belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants.
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulates — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- escape chute — a fabric tube or chute hinged to the wall of a stairwell and used as an emergency exit, eg from a burning tall building
- escape route — way out: of situation
- eucalyptuses — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- 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
- gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
- groupuscules — Plural form of groupuscule.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- hypersurface — a mathematical object that generalizes the concept of surface from three-dimensional Euclidean space to hyperspace.
- hypochlorous — of or derived from hypochlorous acid.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- inauspicious — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- insusceptive — insusceptible
- intussuscept — to take within, as one part of the intestine into an adjacent part; invaginate.
- ipecac syrup — a preparation containing ipecac in a syrupy medium, used as an emetic.
- jury process — the writ used to summon jurors
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
- leucopoiesis — the formation and development of white blood cells.
- lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
- macrocarpous — having large fruit.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- make-up case — a case in which cosmetics are kept
- manuscriptal — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings