12-letter words containing a, c, n, d, u
- sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- square dance — hoedown, barn dance
- square-dance — to perform or participate in a square dance.
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- succedaneous — a substitute.
- sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- transductant — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- unacclimated — not accustomed or adapted to
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- unaccustomed — not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
- unacquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unascendable — not able to be ascended or climbed
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- unattendance — the act of attending.
- uncalculated — not calculated; that has not been computed or evaluated
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncandidness — the quality or condition of being uncandid; lack of candidness or openness
- uncatalogued — not added to or detailed in a catalogue
- uncelebrated — not celebrated or marked by festivities; unremarked
- unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
- unchannelled — not conveyed or routed along a channel
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- uncharnelled — removed from a charnel; exhumed
- uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- uncoagulated — Obsolete. coagulated.
- unconjugated — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- uncontracted — drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken.