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12-letter words containing r, u, c, t, i

  • obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
  • obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
  • olericulture — the cultivation of vegetables for the home or market.
  • open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
  • orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
  • oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
  • ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
  • orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
  • outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
  • outer office — the reception area of an office, outside of the main working area
  • overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
  • overdiscount — to discount excessively
  • 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).
  • pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
  • peptic ulcer — an erosion of the mucous membrane of the lower esophagus, stomach, or duodenum, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice.
  • pericementum — periodontal membrane.
  • 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.
  • peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
  • pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
  • picture card — face card
  • picture desk — the department at a magazine or newspaper publisher, that deals with photographs for the paper or magazine
  • picture disc — a phonograph record with a picture on the vinyl.
  • picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
  • picture rail — bar from which pictures are hung
  • picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
  • picture show — motion picture.
  • picture tube — a cathode-ray tube with a screen at one end on which images are reproduced.
  • picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
  • pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
  • pisciculture — the breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means.
  • pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
  • point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
  • police court — an inferior court with summary jurisdiction for the trial of persons accused of any of certain minor offenses, and with power to examine those charged with more serious offenses and hold them for trial in a superior court or for a grand jury.
  • postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
  • pratincolous — living in a meadow.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • preinduction — occurring before an induction
  • probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
  • productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • productivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
  • 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.
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