12-letter words containing s, u, c
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
- occurs check — (programming) A feature of some implementations of unification which causes unification of a logic variable V and a structure S to fail if S contains V. Binding a variable to a structure containing that variable results in a cyclic structure which may subsequently cause unification to loop forever. Some implementations use extra pointer comparisons to avoid this. Most implementations of Prolog do not perform the occurs check for reasons of efficiency. Without occurs check the complexity of unification is O(min(size(term1), size(term2))) with occurs check it's O(max(size(term1), size(term2))) In theorem proving unification without the occurs check can lead to unsound inference. For example, in Prolog it is quite valid to write X = f(X). which will succeed, binding X to a cyclic structure. Clearly however, if f is taken to stand for a function rather than a constructor, then the above equality is only valid if f is the identity function. Weijland calls unification without occur check, "complete unification". The reference below describes a complete unification algorithm in terms of Colmerauer's consistency algorithm.
- ochroleucous — having an off-white colour or a white colour tinted with yellow
- octastichous — relating to a particular coiled distribution of leaves on the stem that is characterized by having eight leaves per coil on the stem
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- of substance — wealthy
- office hours — hours when a business is open
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- on suspicion — as a suspect
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- optoacoustic — relating to the relationship between light and sound
- oracularness — the state of being oracular
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
- ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- otacousticon — (now rare) An instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.
- out of focus — blurred, indistinct
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- out of stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overconsumed — Simple past tense and past participle of overconsume.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overfocussed — too focussed
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- oxycellulose — any substance formed naturally or synthetically by the oxidation of cellulose.
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paludicolous — inhabiting marshland
- pan scrubber — a rough sponge, often made of steel wool, used for scrubbing saucepans, frying pans, etc
- pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned