12-letter words containing a, c, o, u, n
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- autochthonal — Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
- autochthones — Alternative spelling of autochthons.
- autochthonic — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autohypnotic — Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- averruncator — a long pair of shears used for pruning the higher branches of trees
- baby-bouncer — a seat on springs suspended from a door frame, etc, in which a baby may be placed for exercise
- back country — The back country is an area that is a long way from any city and has very few people living in it.
- backcourtman — any of the players stationed in the backcourt; a guard
- backgrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of background.
- backgrounder — A backgrounder is a short article in a newspaper or magazine that provides background information about a particular subject.
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- bank account — A bank account is an arrangement with a bank which allows you to keep your money in the bank and to take some out when you need it.
- banner cloud — a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak. Also called cloud banner. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
- barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
- bean counter — You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money.
- bifunctional — having two functions
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- boudin blanc — a boiled sausage made with light-colored meat, as veal or chicken, and without blood
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
- buccolingual — of or relating to the cheek and tongue.
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
- cacophonious — cacophonous
- cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
- calculations — Plural form of calculation.
- calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- calumniously — in a calumnious manner
- camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
- canorousness — The quality of being musical.
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- carbon brush — a small block of carbon used to convey current between the stationary and moving parts of an electric generator, motor, etc
- carbon value — an empirical measurement of the tendency of a lubricant to form carbon when in use
- carbonaceous — of, resembling, or containing carbon
- card counter — a casino player who memorizes or records which cards have been played in previous hands in order to calculate the odds on receiving winning cards or combinations from those remaining to be dealt, the practice often being held as illegal.
- carillonneur — a person who plays a carillon
- carnivourous — Misspelling of carnivorous.
- cash account — an account with a brokerage which stipulates that the client pays in full for any transactions, rather than being extended credit
- cash journal — cashbook.
- catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- causationism — the theory of universal causation