12-letter words containing l, u, c, h
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
- south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
- supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
- the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- three-colour — of, relating to, or comprising a colour print or a photomechanical process in which a picture is reproduced by superimposing three prints from half-tone plates in inks corresponding to the three primary colours
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touchy-feely — Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unbreachable — not able to be breached
- unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
- unchangeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- unchangingly — without changing; in an unchanging manner
- unchannelled — not conveyed or routed along a channel
- unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- uncharitably — in an unkind or ungenerous manner
- uncharnelled — removed from a charnel; exhumed
- uncheerfully — without cheerfulness; in an uncheerful manner
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- unethicality — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- unheroically — in an unheroic manner
- unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unmechanical — not having any skill or knowledge in relation to machines or machinery
- unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
- unquenchable — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- unquenchably — in an unquenchable manner
- unrhetorical — not rhetorical; literal; plainspoken
- unsearchable — not searchable; not lending itself to research or exploration; not to be understood by searching; hidden; unfathomable; mysterious: the unsearchable ways of the universe.
- unsearchably — in an unsearchable manner
- unsepulchred — not sepulchred
- unstanchable — unstoppable
- unwatchfully — in an unwatchful manner
- upper school — a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.