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12-letter words containing s, o, c, e

  • 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?
  • fornicatress — (obsolete) A woman guilty of fornication.
  • forrest city — a city in E Arkansas.
  • fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
  • forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
  • foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
  • 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.
  • fourses cake — a traditional English bread made with lard, dried fruit, and spices
  • francophones — Plural form of francophone.
  • french doors — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
  • french shore — either of two stretches of coastline inhabited mainly by Francophone Canadians: the W coast of Newfoundland and the SW coast of Nova Scotia between Yarmouth and Digby.
  • french toast — bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
  • fresco secco — the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Compare fresco (def 1).
  • frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
  • frog sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
  • frog-sticker — Slang. a knife, especially one carried as a weapon.
  • frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
  • frondescence — the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
  • frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
  • fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
  • fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
  • fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
  • functionless — Lacking a function.
  • fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
  • furfuraceous — of or containing bran.
  • future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
  • galactoscope — a lactoscope.
  • galactosemia — an inherited disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize galactose and requiring a galactose-free diet to avoid consequent mental retardation and eye, spleen, and liver abnormalities.
  • galactosides — Plural form of galactoside.
  • gallinaceous — pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls.
  • galvanoscope — an instrument for detecting the existence of an electric current and determining its direction.
  • game console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
  • gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
  • gastroscopes — Plural form of gastroscope.
  • geneva cross — a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.
  • geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
  • geoeconomics — The study of the economic trends and conditions of the world’s countries and how they are related; economics considered on the broadest global scale.
  • geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
  • geophysicist — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
  • george cross — a British award for bravery, esp of civilians: instituted 1940
  • geoscientist — a specialist in earth science.
  • geostrategic — Of, pertaining to, or using geostrategy.
  • geosynclinal — Geology. pertaining to a synclinal fold that involves a relatively large part of the earth's surface.
  • geosynclines — Plural form of geosyncline.
  • geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
  • gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
  • give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
  • glaucousness — Quality of being glaucous.
  • glockenspiel — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.
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