12-letter words containing o, c, t, p, u
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- swamp locust — water locust.
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- telecomputer — teleprocessing.
- 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.
- top security — ultra secure
- touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
- tractor pull — a contest in which tractors compete to pull the heaviest load.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
- turbo pascal — (language, product) Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
- ultracompact — extremely compact, esp of technology that is much smaller than a standard model
- unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncomplacent — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- uncomputable — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- unit process — any of a number of standard operations, such as filtration or distillation, that are widely used in various chemical and process industries
- unoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- unperfection — imperfection
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- unproductive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- unprotective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- unsyncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- urethroscope — an apparatus for observing the urethra.
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
- viscountship — the position of being a viscount
- word picture — a description in words, especially one that is unusually vivid: She drew a word picture of a South Pacific sunset.
- wrap account — a personally managed investment account where charges are levied on the basis of the account's total assets.