12-letter words containing c, u, s, t, o, d
- juris doctor — lawyer's degree
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- misconducted — Simple past tense and past participle of misconduct.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- non-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- 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
- pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
- 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.
- rust-colored — of the color rust.
- sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- sandrocottus — Greek name of Chandragupta.
- scout around — search
- scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
- soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
- sole custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which one person has sole responsibility.
- sound effect — any sound, other than music or speech, artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation, as the sound of a storm or a creaking door.
- south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- studio couch — an upholstered couch, usually without a back, convertible into a double bed by sliding a bed frame out from beneath it and covering the frame with the mattress that forms the upper thickness of the upholstery.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- suction disc — a device for attaching to a non-porous surface by means of suction
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- suicide note — letter left by person ending own life
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- unaccustomed — not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- under escort — with armed accompaniment