12-letter words containing d, i, s, c, u, a
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- media circus — excessive news coverage
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- paludicolous — inhabiting marshland
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- prussic acid — weakly acidic extremely poisonous aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quadrisonics — quadraphony.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- race suicide — the extinction of a racial or ethnic population that tends to result when, through the unwillingness or forbearance of its members to have children, the birthrate falls below the death rate.
- radicicolous — living on the roots of plants
- radicivorous — feeding on the roots of plants
- radio source — a cosmic object or phenomenon, as a galaxy, pulsar, quasar, or the remnant of a supernova or of a galactic collision, that emits radio waves.
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
- subjudiciary — the judicial branch of government.
- suicide pact — an agreement between two or more people to commit suicide together.
- testiculated — like a testicle, esp in shape
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- uncandidness — the quality or condition of being uncandid; lack of candidness or openness
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- undischarged — gun: not let off