12-letter words containing t, u, s, c, a
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- quick assets — assets readily convertible into cash; liquid current assets
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- rescue party — a group of people who attempt to rescue, find or save a person or people for danger, esp a person or people who have got lost while mountain climbing
- resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
- sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- safety touch — a two-point play
- saint lucian — of or relating to Saint Lucia, an island state in the Caribbean
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- sanctus bell — a bell rung during the celebration of Mass to call attention to the more solemn parts.
- sandrocottus — Greek name of Chandragupta.
- sans-culotte — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
- sansculottic — relating to sansculottes
- santalaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Santalaceae, a family of semiparasitic plants of Australia and Malaysia including sandalwood and quandong
- scare quotes — quotation marks placed around a word or phrase to indicate that it should not be taken literally or automatically accepted as true
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- scout around — search
- scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- scutch grass — Bermuda grass.
- scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
- secret sauce — a secret element, strategy, procedure, etc., that accounts for or increases the chances of success: The app's secret sauce is its simple interface.
- secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- sensualistic — of or pertaining to the philosophical position of sensualism
- septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- smart casual — (of clothing) neat or professional-looking but fairly casual: The dress code for the event will be smart casual.
- smooth sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus glabra, of the cashew family, native to North America, having pinnate leaves and green flowers in a dense terminal cluster.
- snatch squad — a squad of soldiers or police trained to deal with demonstrations by picking out and arresting the alleged ringleaders
- soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.