12-letter words containing s, u, c, e, i
- exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factualities — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- false cirrus — a type of thick cirrus cloud spreading from the top of a cumulonimbus cloud
- fancifulness — The quality of being fanciful.
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- felicitously — In a felicitous manner.
- field circus — A derogatory pun on "field service". The field service organisation of any hardware manufacturer, but especially DEC. There is an entire genre of jokes about DEC field circus engineers: Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer with a flat tire? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer who is out of gas? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. See Easter egging for additional insight on these jokes. There is also the "Field Circus Cheer" (from the plan file for DEC on MIT-AI): Maynard! Maynard! Don't mess with us! We're mean and we're tough! If you get us confused We'll screw up your stuff. (DEC's service HQ is located in Maynard, Massachusetts).
- final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- 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).
- fujita scale — a scale for expressing the intensity of a tornado, ranging from F0 (light damage) to F5 (incredible damage)
- full-service — offering or providing a wide range of services related to the basic line of business, as when a filling station changes tires or makes car repairs in addition to selling gasoline.
- fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
- functionless — Lacking a function.
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- gallinaceous — pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls.
- geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
- gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- gesticulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gesticulate.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- get stuck in — If you get stuck in, you do something with enthusiasm and determination.
- give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
- glucogenesis — the production of glucose by the decomposition of glycogen or from any nonglucose precursor.
- gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
- graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- hellaciously — In a hellacious manner.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- hoisin sauce — a thick, sweet, spicy condiment containing soybeans, sugar, garlic, and chili peppers, used in cooking or as an accompaniment to meat, fish, or poultry, especially Peking duck.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- in course of — in the process of
- in substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- inaccuracies — Plural form of inaccuracy.
- inadequacies — Plural form of inadequacy.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- incestuously — involving incest.