12-letter words containing d, r, u, i, c
- field circus — A derogatory pun on "field service". The field service organisation of any hardware manufacturer, but especially DEC. There is an entire genre of jokes about DEC field circus engineers: Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer with a flat tire? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer who is out of gas? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. See Easter egging for additional insight on these jokes. There is also the "Field Circus Cheer" (from the plan file for DEC on MIT-AI): Maynard! Maynard! Don't mess with us! We're mean and we're tough! If you get us confused We'll screw up your stuff. (DEC's service HQ is located in Maynard, Massachusetts).
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- fumaric acid — a colorless, odorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 4 H 4 O 4 , isomeric with maleic acid, essential to cellular respiration in most eukaryotic organisms: used in the making of synthetic resins and as a replacement for tartaric acid in beverages and baking powders.
- gaillard cut — an artificial cutting in the Panama Canal Zone, NW of the city of Panama: excavated for the Panama Canal. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- generic drug — medicine: not sold under brand name
- gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
- grid circuit — that part of a circuit that contains the cathode and the grid of a vacuum tube.
- 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.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- induced drag — the drag force generated in the production of lift.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- introductory — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- juris doctor — lawyer's degree
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- jurisdictive — Jurisdictional.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- maximum card — a picture postcard to which a stamp can be affixed on the picture side, after which it can be cancelled by the appropriate postal service.
- media circus — excessive news coverage
- microfluidic — Of, pertaining to, or using microfluidics.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- multicentred — Having multiple centres.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.
- multiproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- nand circuit — Computers. a circuit that is energized when any one of its inputs is not energized.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- nonproducing — that does not produce
- oil producer — a country with reserves of oil
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- picture card — face card
- 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 mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- prediscourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.