11-letter words containing c, u, t, e
- sub-culture — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- sub-society — an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- subadjacent — lying near, close, or contiguous; adjoining; neighboring: a motel adjacent to the highway.
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subcultured — Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
- subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subindicate — to indirectly indicate or hint
- subjectable — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subjectless — that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.
- subjectship — the state of being a subject or citizen
- subjunctive — (in English and certain other languages) noting or pertaining to a mood or mode of the verb that may be used for subjective, doubtful, hypothetical, or grammatically subordinate statements or questions, as the mood of be in if this be treason. Compare imperative (def 3), indicative (def 2).
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- submetallic — somewhat or imperfectly metallic.
- subsentence — a part of a sentence which can stand by itself as a sentence
- subsistence — the state or fact of subsisting.
- substance p — a small peptide released upon stimulation in the nervous system and involved in regulation of the pain threshold.
- subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- succulently — full of juice; juicy.
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- sucker list — a list of names and addresses of persons considered by a business, charity organization, etc., to be likely purchasers or donors.
- sucket fork — a utensil for sweetmeats of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having fork tines at one end and a spoon bowl at the other end of a common stem.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- summercater — a person who lives on the Maine coast only in the summer.
- superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- supercenter — a very large shopping centre or complex
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
- superoctave — an organ stop two octaves above the standard pitch
- superscript — Printing. superior (def 10).
- supersecret — a top secret
- superstruct — to erect upon a foundation or on top of another building or part
- supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
- surf scoter — a large, North American scoter, Melanitta perspicillata, the adult male of which is black with two white patches on the head.
- surgicenter — a surgical facility, not based in a hospital, where minor surgery is performed on an outpatient basis.
- susceptance — the imaginary component of admittance, equal to the quotient of the negative of the reactance divided by the sum of the squares of the reactance and resistance. Symbol: B.
- susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- suspectable — that could be suspected
- suspectedly — so as to arouse suspicion
- suspectible — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- tactfulness — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
- tautometric — having the same metre or arrangement of syllables
- tea biscuit — a small, round, soft biscuit, usually shortened and sweetened.
- tegucigalpa — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
- telecommute — to engage in telecommuting.
- telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara