12-letter words containing s, u, c, t, o, r
- fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
- fructivorous — Fruit-eating.
- 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).
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
- host country — nation staging an international event
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- instructions — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- insurrection — an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
- interacinous — situated between the acini of a gland or lung.
- interclusion — the act of intercluding
- internuncios — Plural form of internuncio.
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- juris doctor — lawyer's degree
- jurisconsult — Roman and Civil Law. a person authorized to give legal advice.
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- meretricious — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- misconstruct — To construct wrongly.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misconstrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconstrue.
- monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- murman coast — an Arctic coastal region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kola Peninsula.
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.