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12-letter words containing u, n, c, l, t

  • curtain wall — a non-load-bearing external wall attached to a framed structure, often one that is prefabricated
  • cut and fill — a process of localized gradation whereby material eroded from one place is deposited a short distance away.
  • cutting tool — A cutting tool is a pointed tool mounted in a machine tool and used for cutting materials.
  • cycling tour — a holiday involving a tour of an area or region by bicycle
  • declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
  • decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
  • decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
  • deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
  • deli counter — a display case in a delicatessen, or one in a supermarket that sells delicatessen
  • deliquescent — the act or process of deliquescing.
  • denticulated — Denticulate.
  • difunctional — Bifunctional.
  • dilucidation — elucidation
  • dinucleotide — a molecule composed of two nucleotide subunits.
  • discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
  • disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
  • documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
  • dual citizen — a person who is a citizen or subject of two or more nations; one having dual citizenship.
  • dual-control — having dual controls
  • ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
  • dulcet tones — People often use the expression dulcet tones to refer to someone's voice.
  • duplications — Plural form of duplication.
  • edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
  • edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
  • ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
  • electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
  • electron gun — a heated cathode with an associated system of electrodes and coils for producing and focusing a beam of electrons, used esp in cathode-ray tubes
  • electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
  • elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
  • elocutionist — Someone who practices or teaches elocution.
  • elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
  • elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
  • emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
  • emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
  • encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
  • encapsulates — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
  • enculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of enculturate.
  • equinoctials — Plural form of equinoctial.
  • exclusionist — Acting to shut out or bar someone from a place, group, or privilege.
  • extranuclear — situated or occurring in part of a cell outside the nucleus
  • exulceration — the process of ulceration
  • fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
  • flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
  • flocculation — to form into flocculent masses.
  • flow country — an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested
  • fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
  • fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
  • fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • functionable — functional (def 3).
  • functionally — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
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