12-letter words containing c, u, t, e, n
- function key — a key on a computer keyboard or terminal that, when pressed, alone or in combination with other keys, causes a specific computational or mechanical operation to be carried out.
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- functionless — Lacking a function.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- geniculating — Present participle of geniculate.
- geniculation — the state of being geniculate.
- genuflecting — Present participle of genuflect.
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- get in touch — make contact
- get stuck in — If you get stuck in, you do something with enthusiasm and determination.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- grid current — the current that moves within the vacuum tube from the grid to the cathode.
- guide center — a command to a marching formation to align itself behind a guide marching at the head of the formation.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- home country — the country a person comes from
- honey bucket — a container for excrement, as in an outdoor toilet.
- honey locust — a thorny North American tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, of the legume family, having small, compound leaves and pods with a sweet pulp.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- in substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- in-congruent — not congruent.
- inaccurately — In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
- inarticulate — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- incestuously — involving incest.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inconsequent — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- incumbent on — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- inexactitude — the quality or state of being inexact or inaccurate; inexactness.
- inexecutable — That cannot be executed or carried out.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- input device — a peripheral device, as a keyboard or stylus, used to enter data into a computer for processing.