12-letter words containing r, u, c, t, a, i
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- nonarticular — Using or involving the muscles rather than the joints.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- particularly — in a particular or to an exceptional degree; especially: He read it with particularly great interest.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- picture card — face card
- picture rail — bar from which pictures are hung
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- puncturation — the act of puncturing
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- putrefactive — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- rabbit hutch — a cage, usually of wood and wire mesh, for keeping domestic or pet rabbits in
- rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- re-educative — of or relating to re-education
- reacquainted — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- readjudicate — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- rearticulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- recapitulate — to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
- recirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- recuperation — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- recuperative — that recuperates.
- renunciation — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
- renunciatory — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.