12-letter words containing u, n, c, r, t, a
- curtain call — In a theatre, when actors or performers take a curtain call, they come forward to the front of the stage after a performance in order to receive the applause of the audience.
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- curtain line — the last line of a scene, act, etc., as in a play; tag line.
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- curtain rail — a rail from which a curtain is hung
- curtain ring — a wooden, plastic, or metal ring used to attach a curtain to a curtain pole
- curtain time — the time at which a play or other performance is scheduled to begin.
- curtain wall — a non-load-bearing external wall attached to a framed structure, often one that is prefabricated
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- door curtain — a curtain that fills a doorway
- draw curtain — a curtain, opening at the middle, that can be drawn to the sides of a stage.
- drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
- dual-control — having dual controls
- 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
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- enculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of enculturate.
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- excruciation — Some excruciating pain.
- extranuclear — situated or occurring in part of a cell outside the nucleus
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- 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).
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- 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.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- inaccurately — In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
- inarticulate — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- 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.
- interacinous — situated between the acini of a gland or lung.
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.