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12-letter words containing d, o, c, u

  • muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
  • muscovy duck — a large, crested, wild duck, Cairina moschata, of tropical America, that has been widely domesticated.
  • mycocecidium — a gall caused by a parasitic fungus.
  • mycodomatium — an abnormal growth on a plant, caused by fungi
  • 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.
  • nonconducive — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
  • nonconductor — a substance that does not readily conduct heat, sound, or electricity.
  • noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
  • nondeductive — not related to deduction or subtraction
  • nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
  • noneducation — not involving education
  • noninducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
  • noninductive — not inductive: a noninductive resistance.
  • nonnucleated — having no nucleus
  • nonproducing — that does not produce
  • nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
  • noun adjunct — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
  • 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
  • oil producer — a country with reserves of oil
  • old chestnut — old saying, cliché
  • old mine cut — a brilliant cut, common in the 19th century, retaining a relatively high proportion of the original stone and having a large culet and small table compared to modern brilliants.
  • opendocument — (file format, standard)   (ODF, ISO/IEC 26300, OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications) An XML file format for office documents, such as spreadsheets, charts, presentations, databases and word processing. OpenDocument was developed by the Open Office XML technical committee of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) consortium. It is based on the XML format originally created and implemented by the OpenOffice.org office suite. OpenDocument is an open standard, i.e. freely available and implementable. Compare OOXML.
  • opium addict — someone who is addicted to the dried juice extracted from the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy
  • orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
  • 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.
  • outreproduce — to reproduce more prolifically than
  • outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
  • overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
  • overcoloured — excessively coloured
  • overconsumed — Simple past tense and past participle of overconsume.
  • overdiscount — to discount excessively
  • overdocument — to document excessively
  • overeducated — Having been educated to a higher academic level than is necessary.
  • overfocussed — too focussed
  • overscutched — overworked; worn out
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • paludicolous — inhabiting marshland
  • pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
  • pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
  • photoinduced — induced by light.
  • photoproduct — any product which is produced by a chemical reaction that uses light or other electromagnetic radiation to increase energy of particles
  • picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
  • ponce around — If you say that someone is poncing around or poncing about, you mean that they are not doing something properly, quickly, or seriously.
  • pre-conclude — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
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