12-letter words containing a, d, n, o, u, s
- grand rounds — a formal hospital meeting at which physicians discuss interesting medical cases.
- ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
- horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- househusband — a man whose spouse works and who stays home to manage their household.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- ins and outs — details
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- liquidations — Plural form of liquidation.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
- mouse around — To explore public portions of a large system, especially a network such as Internet via FTP or TELNET, looking for interesting stuff to snarf.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- nonhazardous — Not hazardous; safe.
- nootka sound — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, inside Nootka Island on the W coast of Vancouver Island, SW British Columbia, Canada.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- odontomatous — relating to an odontoma
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- outdatedness — the state of being outdated
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- outside lane — the lane on a motorway where overtaking of other vehicles is permitted and vehicles can travel fastest
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstandings — Outstanding amounts; unpaid debts.
- pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.