12-letter words containing u, n, c, r, i, t
- 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.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- encountering — Present participle of encounter.
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- excruciation — Some excruciating pain.
- excursionist — A person who goes on excursions; a traveller or tourist.
- executioners — Plural form of executioner.
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- first cousin — cousin (def 1).
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
- friction rub — the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- grid current — the current that moves within the vacuum tube from the grid to the cathode.
- guide center — a command to a marching formation to align itself behind a guide marching at the head of the formation.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gut-churning — nerve-wracking
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- hill country — hilly area
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- in-congruent — not congruent.
- inaccurately — In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
- inarticulate — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- incorruption — the quality or condition of being incorrupt.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- incurability — The quality or state of being incurable—not being able to be cured.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- insectariums — Plural form of insectarium.
- insecurities — lack of confidence or assurance; self-doubt: He is plagued by insecurity.
- instructible — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- instructions — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.