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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.
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