12-letter words containing u, c, a, t
- multifurcate — forked; branching.
- multilocular — having or consisting of many cells or vesicles.
- multinuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- multiplicand — a number to be multiplied by another.
- multiplicate — multiple; manifold.
- multisulcate — having many grooves or furrows
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
- murman coast — an Arctic coastal region in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kola Peninsula.
- musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
- mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- mycetomatous — relating to or affected by a mycetoma
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- mycodomatium — an abnormal growth on a plant, caused by fungi
- name capture — (reduction) In beta reduction, when a term containing a free occurrence of a variable v is substituted into another term where v is bound the free v becomes spuriously bound or "captured". E.g. (\ x . \ y . x y) y --> \ y . y y (WRONG) This problem arises because two distinct variables have the same name. The most common solution is to rename the bound variable using alpha conversion: (\ x . \ y' . x y') y --> \ y' . y y' Another solution is to use de Bruijn notation. Note that the argument expression, y, contained a free variable. The whole expression above must therefore be notionally contained within the body of some lambda abstraction which binds y. If we never reduce inside the body of a lambda abstraction (as in reduction to weak head normal form) then name capture cannot occur.
- nand circuit — Computers. a circuit that is energized when any one of its inputs is not energized.
- nanocomputer — (architecture) /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.
- naturalistic — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
- nautical day — a period from noon of one day to noon of the next, used in reckoning time aboard ship.
- net curtains — curtains made of a thin light mesh fabric of cotton, nylon, or other fibre
- neural crest — a group of ectodermal cells that develop into a variety of tissues, including spinal and autonomic ganglia, connective tissue around the brain and spinal cord, and parts of the facial bones.
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neurotically — of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- neutralistic — Employing or relating to neutralism.
- nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- noctambulant — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- nomenclature — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
- non-cultural — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- non-occupant — a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building.
- nonarticular — Using or involving the muscles rather than the joints.
- nonautomatic — not automatic, operated by hand and not machines
- noncausative — Not causative.
- nonclemature — Misspelling of nomenclature.
- nonconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- noneducation — not involving education
- nonnucleated — having no nucleus
- noun adjunct — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.