12-letter words containing s, c, a, r
- 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.
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- erciyas daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
- erciyes daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
- escape route — way out: of situation
- esoterically — In an esoteric manner.
- eviscerating — Present participle of eviscerate.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- excoriations — Plural form of excoriation.
- expectorants — Plural form of expectorant.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- facial scrub — a beauty product or treatment which cleanses and exfoliates the skin of the face
- facilitators — Plural form of facilitator.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factory acts — laws relating to factories
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- false cirrus — a type of thick cirrus cloud spreading from the top of a cumulonimbus cloud
- false colour — colour used in a computer or photographic display to help in interpreting the image, as in the use of red to show high temperatures and blue to show low temperatures in an infrared image converter
- farcicalness — The property of being farcical.
- fascia-board — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- fascicularly — in a fascicular manner
- fast reactor — a nuclear reactor using little or no moderator, fission being caused by fast neutrons
- fast-tracker — of or relating to the fast track.
- featherbacks — Plural form of featherback.
- federal case — a matter that falls within the jurisdiction of a federal court or a federal law-enforcement agency.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- fieri facias — a writ commanding a sheriff to levy and sell as much of a debtor's property as is necessary to satisfy a creditor's claim against the debtor. Abbreviation: FI. FA., fi. fa.
- firecrackers — Plural form of firecracker.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- for instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- for-instance — an instance or example: Give me a for-instance of what you mean.
- forasmuch as — since
- forbearances — Plural form of forbearance.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- fornications — Plural form of fornication.
- fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
- fort jackson — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in N central South Carolina, NE of Columbia.
- fourses cake — a traditional English bread made with lard, dried fruit, and spices
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- francescatti — Zino [zee-noh] /ˈzi noʊ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1991, French violinist.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- francophones — Plural form of francophone.