12-letter words containing n, e, u, r, c
- supercurrent — an electric current that flows without resistance in a superconducting material.
- supernacular — relating to supernaculum
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
- tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
- tenure-track — of or relating to a college- or university-teaching job that can lead to a tenured position.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- tone cluster — a group of adjacent notes played on a keyboard instrument typically with the fist, forearm, or elbow, similar groupings also occurring in orchestral music.
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- touch screen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- touch-screen — using touch-sensitive screen
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- transcurrent — running or extending across or transversely.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- translucence — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- translucency — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- turtlenecked — having a turtleneck
- ubermenschen — superman (def 2).
- un-creatable — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- unacquirable — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unarticulate — not articulated; not having the use of intelligible language
- unattractive — providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
- unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- unbreachable — not able to be breached
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncapturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- uncelebrated — not celebrated or marked by festivities; unremarked
- uncensorious — not censorious or critical; not characterized by censure
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- unchargeable — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- uncharnelled — removed from a charnel; exhumed
- uncheerfully — without cheerfulness; in an uncheerful manner
- unchristened — not christened