12-letter words containing s, t, a, u
- conjunctivas — Plural form of conjunctiva.
- conjurations — Plural form of conjuration.
- conquistador — The conquistadors were the sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- consultation — A consultation is a meeting which is held to discuss something. Consultation is discussion about something.
- consultative — A consultative committee or document gives advice or makes proposals about a particular problem or subject.
- consultatory — Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
- consummately — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- consummating — Present participle of consummate.
- consummation — a consummating or being consummated; completion; fulfillment
- consummative — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- consummatory — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contagiously — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- continuances — Plural form of continuance.
- contractures — Plural form of contracture.
- contrasexual — (of a woman) appearing to defy the female sexual stereotype by being content to be single and childless while being sexually active and financially independent
- contumacious — stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- cost-account — to subject to cost accounting.
- costume ball — a fancy dress ball
- cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
- countenances — Plural form of countenance.
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- counterpanes — Plural form of counterpane.
- counterparts — a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function: Our president is the counterpart of your prime minister.
- counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
- counterscarp — the outer side of the ditch of a fort
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- counterstate — across state; traversing the state
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- country seat — A country seat is a large house with land in the country which is owned by someone who also owns a house in a town.
- courtesy car — a car that is lent to c customer by a garage or insurance company
- crassamentum — a blood clot
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- crosscut saw — a saw for cutting timber across the grain
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- curate's egg — something that has both good and bad parts
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.