12-letter words containing o, u, a, c
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- knock around — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
- labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
- lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- lasciviously — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- loan account — finance: bank
- loan council — (in Australia) a statutory body that controls borrowing by the states
- lobeliaceous — belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.
- local colour — Local colour is used to refer to customs, traditions, dress, and other things which give a place or period of history its own particular character.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logical unit — (networking) (LU) A primary component of SNA, an LU is a type of NAU that enables end users to communicate with each other and gain access to SNA network resources.
- long account — the account of a customer who buys securities or commodities on margin.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- loquaciously — In a loquacious manner.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- macrocarpous — having large fruit.
- macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
- macronuclear — Of or pertaining to a macronucleus.
- macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matriculator — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.