12-letter words containing r, u, n, c
- ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- eddy current — an electric current in a conducting material that results from induction by a moving or varying magnetic field.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
- electron gun — a heated cathode with an associated system of electrodes and coils for producing and focusing a beam of electrons, used esp in cathode-ray tubes
- electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- encountering — Present participle of encounter.
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- enculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of enculturate.
- encumberment — the act of being encumbered
- encumbrancer — Alternative form of incumbrancer.
- encumbrances — Plural form of encumbrance.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- enstructured — built into the structure of something
- enterococcus — A streptococcus of a group that occurs naturally in the intestine but causes inflammation and blood infection if introduced elsewhere in the body (e.g., by injury or surgery).
- entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
- eurocurrency — the currency of any country held on deposit in Europe outside its home market: used as a source of short- or medium-term finance, esp in international trade, because of easy convertibility
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- excruciation — Some excruciating pain.
- excursioning — Present participle of excursion.
- excursionist — A person who goes on excursions; a traveller or tourist.
- excursionize — to go on an excursion or excursions
- executioners — Plural form of executioner.
- extranuclear — situated or occurring in part of a cell outside the nucleus
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- first cousin — cousin (def 1).
- flow country — an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- fluorescence — the emission of radiation, especially of visible light, by a substance during exposure to external radiation, as light or x-rays. Compare phosphorescence (def 1).
- fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
- fluorocarbon — any of a class of compounds produced by substituting fluorine for hydrogen in a hydrocarbon, and characterized by great chemical stability: used chiefly as a lubricant, refrigerant, fire extinguishing agent, and in industrial and other applications in which chemical, electrical, flame, and heat resistance is essential; banned as an aerosol propellant in the U.S. because of concern about ozone layer depletion.
- food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
- forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- four-channel — Audio. quadraphonic.
- four-corners — a point in the SW U.S., at the intersection of 37° N latitude and 109° W longitude, where the boundaries of four states—Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico—meet: the only such point in the U.S.
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.