12-letter words containing c, u, t, e, r, s
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neutralistic — Employing or relating to neutralism.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- nuclear test — a test carried out on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
- open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- picture desk — the department at a magazine or newspaper publisher, that deals with photographs for the paper or magazine
- picture disc — a phonograph record with a picture on the vinyl.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- picture show — motion picture.
- pisciculture — the breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means.
- plecopterous — relating to the order Plecoptera or stoneflies
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- preconstruct — to construct beforehand
- prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- prestructure — mode of building, construction, or organization; arrangement of parts, elements, or constituents: a pyramidal structure.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- 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
- pterocarpous — having winged fruit.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- recrudescent — breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
- 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.
- refuse chute — a chute in a building which rubbish and waste is thrown down to the main refuse bins, etc