12-letter words containing r, e, c, l, u, s
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- star cluster — a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction. Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- straticulate — made up of or arranged in thin layers.
- strike lucky — If you strike lucky or strike it lucky, you have some good luck.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- submolecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
- suboperculum — a bone in fishes behind the operculum or gill covering
- subscribable — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
- super pascal — (language) A Pascal variant used in the reference below. Super Pascal adds non-numeric labels, a return statement and expressions as names of types.
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- supercilious — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supercluster — a cluster of open clusters.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superculture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
- supernacular — relating to supernaculum
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- superspecial — extra special
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- surrealistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- sylviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- true colours — If you see someone in their true colours or if they show their true colours, you realize what they are really like.
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuberculosis — an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles.
- ultraprecise — extremely accurate
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unrespectful — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- unsculptured — not resembling a sculpture
- 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
- upper school — a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.
- vascularised — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vascularized — rendered vascular by the formation of new blood vessels.
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular