12-letter words containing u, n, c, r, t
- nonrecurrent — not recurrent.
- nuclear test — a test carried out on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
- open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
- open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overdocument — to document excessively
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pen computer — a computer, as a personal digital assistant, having pattern-recognition software enabling it to read handwritten text or drawings input on the screen by means of a stylus.
- percutaneous — administered, removed, or absorbed by way of the skin, as an injection, needle biopsy, or transdermal drug.
- pericementum — periodontal membrane.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- peru current — Humboldt current
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
- plant-cutter — any of several South American, passerine birds of the family Phytotomidae, superficially resembling grosbeaks but having serrated edges on the bill that aid in cutting leaves and other plant food.
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- preconstruct — to construct beforehand
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- proconsulate — the office or term of office of a proconsul.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- protactinium — a radioactive, metallic element. Symbol: Pa; atomic number: 91.
- protoduction — (jargon) A prototype that ends up in a production environment.
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- puck control — an offensive strategy to maintain control of the puck to prevent the other team from having scoring opportunities.
- puerto rican — an island in the central West Indies: a commonwealth associated with the U.S. 3435 sq. mi. (8895 sq. km). Capital: San Juan. Abbreviation: P.R., PR.
- puncturation — the act of puncturing
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- quattrocento — the 15th century, used in reference to the Italian art and literature of that time.
- rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.