12-letter words containing s, u, c
- succedaneous — a substitute.
- succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- successantly — in succession
- successfully — achieving or having achieved success.
- successional — the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
- successively — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
- succinctness — expressed in few words; concise; terse.
- succussation — a jolting or shaking
- suck up (to) — to flatter or fawn (on) ingratiatingly
- sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
- suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
- suction disc — a device for attaching to a non-porous surface by means of suction
- suction pump — a pump for raising water or other fluids by suction, consisting essentially of a vertical cylinder in which a piston works up and down, both the cylinder and the pump having valves that control the flow of the fluid.
- suction stop — click1 (def 3).
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- suicide note — letter left by person ending own life
- suicide pact — an agreement between two or more people to commit suicide together.
- sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
- summer stock — the production of plays, musical comedy, etc., during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, often by a repertory company.
- sun-drenched — Sun-drenched places have a lot of hot sunshine.
- sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
- sunscreening — the use of sunscreens
- super pascal — (language) A Pascal variant used in the reference below. Super Pascal adds non-numeric labels, a return statement and expressions as names of types.
- super-exceed — to go beyond in quantity, degree, rate, etc.: to exceed the speed limit.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- supercarrier — a large aircraft carrier
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- supercharger — a mechanism for forcing air into an internal-combustion engine in order to increase engine power.
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- supercilious — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supercluster — a cluster of open clusters.
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superculture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- supercurrent — an electric current that flows without resistance in a superconducting material.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
- supernacular — relating to supernaculum
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- supersecrecy — extreme secrecy
- superspecial — extra special