12-letter words containing i, r, u, s
- counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- country risk — the risk associated with an overseas investment due to the conditions prevailing in the country in which it is made
- court tennis — a variety of tennis played indoors on a specially constructed court having high cement walls off which the ball may be played, points being made chiefly by stroking the ball into any of three openings in the walls of the court. Compare penthouse (def 7), tambour (def 7), winning opening.
- couscoussier — A double-chambered steamer used to prepare couscous.
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- crime-buster — a law officer who specializes in fighting large-scale organized crime
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- cross cousin — a cousin who is the child of one's father's sister or one's mother's brother
- cross-cousin — a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's brother or one's father's sister.
- crosscutting — a transverse cut or course.
- crucifixions — Plural form of crucifixion.
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery
- cub mistress — a woman who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- cumulocirrus — a cloud that shares charracteristics of cumulus and cirrus clouds
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- curb service — service, for example, from a restaurant to customers in vehicles parked at the curb
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
- cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
- daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
- dark tourism — tourism to sites associated with tragedies, disasters, and death
- darmstadtium — a synthetic radioactive element produced in small quantities by cold fusion in a linear accelerator. Symbol: Ds; atomic no: 110
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- depressurise — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
- depressurize — to reduce the pressure of a gas inside (a container or enclosed space), as in an aircraft cabin
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- desirousness — The state of being desirous.
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- desulfurized — Simple past tense and past participle of desulfurize.
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.