12-letter words containing e, s, c, u, t
- septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
- set to music — to compose music for (a poem, etc.)
- sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- side circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
- silviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- six counties — the historic counties of Northern Ireland, which no longer have a local government function
- sole custody — custody, as of a child whose parents are separated, in which one person has sole responsibility.
- sound effect — any sound, other than music or speech, artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation, as the sound of a storm or a creaking door.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- speculatrice — a female speculator
- spinulescent — producing spines
- st.-eustache — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- star cluster — a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction. Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.
- state church — established church.
- stegocarpous — (of a moss) belonging to the division Stegocarpi, having an operculate capsule
- stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- stump speech — a political campaign speech, especially one made on a campaign tour.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subcommittee — a secondary committee appointed out of a main committee.
- subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- subcontinent — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcutaneous — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subjectified — to make subjective.
- subjectifies — to make subjective.