12-letter words containing s, u, i, c
- 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.
- gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- gut instinct — an instinctive feeling, as opposed to an opinion or idea based on facts
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- hallucinosis — a mental state characterized by repeated 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.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- iguaçú falls — a waterfall on the border between Brazil and Argentina, on the Iguaçú River: divided into hundreds of separate falls by forested rocky islands. Width: about 4 km (2.5 miles). Height: 82 m (269 ft)
- 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.
- inauspicious — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- incautiously — In an incautious manner; with a lack of caution.
- incestuously — involving incest.
- inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
- inclusionist — (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) Describing a wiki user who tends to favor the inclusion of questionable articles.
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- incommodious — inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations.
- inconcinnous — incongruous, not concinnous, inharmonious, discordant
- inconclusion — Lack of conclusion.
- inconclusive — not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.
- inconsequent — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incontiguous — not continuous; unconnected; discrete
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- incumbencies — Plural form of incumbency.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- incunabulist — a person who specialises in incunabula, a collector of incunabula
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- indulgencies — indulgence.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- inexcuseable — Alternative form of inexcusable.