12-letter words containing u, c, a, t
- nuclear test — a test carried out on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- nudum pactum — a simple contract or promise involving no legal considerations.
- nuisance tax — a tax paid in small but frequent amounts, usually by consumers.
- numismatical — Alternative form of numismatic.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- object value — (jargon) In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- occupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
- 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
- open account — current account (def 1).
- opium addict — someone who is addicted to the dried juice extracted from the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy
- optoacoustic — relating to the relationship between light and sound
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- otacousticon — (now rare) An instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.
- out of place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- 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 whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overeducated — Having been educated to a higher academic level than is necessary.
- oyster sauce — thick oyster-flavoured Asian relish
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
- pallet truck — a powered truck with a mast, sometimes telescopic, on which slides a carriage which can be raised and lowered hydraulically. The carriage has extended forks which can be passed under a palletized load for stacking or moving to a new position
- panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
- paper cutter — any device for cutting or trimming paper, typically a weighted, powered, or spring-hinged blade mounted on or over a ruled board or table on which many sheets of paper may be aligned for cutting at one time.
- paper-cutter — any device for cutting or trimming paper, typically a weighted, powered, or spring-hinged blade mounted on or over a ruled board or table on which many sheets of paper may be aligned for cutting at one time.
- particularly — in a particular or to an exceptional degree; especially: He read it with particularly great interest.
- particulates — very small particles of a substance, esp those that are produced when fuel is burned
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- pay court to — to court, as for favor or love
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pedunculated — having a peduncle.
- pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- perceptually — of, relating to, or involving perception.
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- permaculture — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.