12-letter words containing su
- consummatory — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- consumptions — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- consumptives — Plural form of consumptive.
- core subject — the three foundation subjects (English, mathematics, and science) that are compulsory throughout each key stage in the National Curriculum
- cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- crassulacean — as in crassulacean acid metabolism, a method of photosynthesis
- cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery
- cybersurfers — Plural form of cybersurfer.
- cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
- decapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of decapsulate.
- depressurise — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
- depressurize — to reduce the pressure of a gas inside (a container or enclosed space), as in an aircraft cabin
- desublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- desulfurized — Simple past tense and past participle of desulfurize.
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- diégo-suarez — a seaport on N Madagascar.
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- dissuasively — In a dissuasive manner.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- earth summit — a summit conference of 100 or more earth leaders debating global environmental and development issues, specifically the summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, but the term is also applied e.g. to a projected similar event in 2012
- east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulates — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
- entertissued — interwoven
- equity issue — the sale of new stocks to an investor by a company
- ethosuximide — A particular anticonvulsant drug.
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
- fatty tissue — tissue with excessive accumulation of fat
- fire support — support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.
- food subsidy — a financial aid supplied by a government, as to industry, farmers, or consumers, in order to make low-cost food available to the poor
- foreclosures — Plural form of foreclosure.
- forepleasure — the aggregate of pleasurable sensations that lead to a heightened physical or emotional response, as of those aroused in sexual intercourse that lead to an orgasm.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- fuzzy subset — In fuzzy logic, a fuzzy subset F of a set S is defined by a "membership function" which gives the degree of membership of each element of S belonging to F.
- genioglossus — (anatomy) A muscle that runs from the mandible to the tongue.
- geopressured — subject to geostatic pressure.
- give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- gulf of suez — the NW arm of the Red Sea: linked with the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- half measure — If someone refers to policies or actions as half measures, they are critical of them because they think that they are not forceful enough and are therefore of little value.
- hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- honeysuckles — Plural form of honeysuckle.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).