12-letter words containing a, c, i, t, u
- baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
- biarticulate — having two joints, as the antennae of certain insects.
- biauriculate — having two auricles or earlike parts
- bifunctional — having two functions
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- bioacoustics — the study of animals' use of sound
- biscuit ware — unglazed earthenware
- blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- buck private — a common soldier
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- bureaucratic — Bureaucratic means involving complicated rules and procedures which can cause long delays.
- butyric acid — type of acid
- c beautifier — (cb) A Unix tool for reformatting C source code.
- cafe au lait — coffee with milk
- cafe curtain — a short curtain suspended directly downward from a series of rings sliding on a horizontal rod so as to cover the lower and sometimes upper portions of a window.
- calamitously — In a calamitous manner.
- calculations — Plural form of calculation.
- calixtus iii — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- callistus ii — died 1124, French ecclesiastic: pope 1119–24.
- calreticulin — (protein) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.
- calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- calumniating — Present participle of calumniate.
- calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- canaliculate — having a groove or grooves
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- capitulating — Present participle of capitulate.
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- caricaturist — A caricaturist is a person who shows other people in an exaggerated way in order to be humorous or critical, especially in drawings or cartoons.
- carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
- cat squirrel — the gray squirrel, as distinguished from the fox squirrel.
- catacoustics — the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes and reflected sounds
- catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- causationism — the theory of universal causation
- causationist — a person who believes in the theory of universal causation
- caustic lime — lime1 (def 1).
- caustic soda — Caustic soda is a powerful chemical substance used to make strong soaps and clean drains.
- cautiousness — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.