12-letter words containing r, u, n, c
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- supercurrent — an electric current that flows without resistance in a superconducting material.
- supernacular — relating to supernaculum
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
- synclinorium — a regional structure of general synclinal form that includes a series of smaller folds.
- technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
- tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
- tenure-track — of or relating to a college- or university-teaching job that can lead to a tenured position.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- 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.
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
- touch screen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
- touch-screen — using touch-sensitive screen
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- transcurrent — running or extending across or transversely.
- transductant — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- 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.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- turn a trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- turtlenecked — having a turtleneck
- ubermenschen — superman (def 2).
- un-creatable — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- unacquirable — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared