12-letter words containing a, i, r, l, u, n
- quadrinomial — consisting of four terms.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quarterfinal — of or relating to the contest or round preceding the semifinal one.
- quasi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- quinalizarin — a red, crystalline organic compound, C 14 H 8 O 6 , used to dye cotton.
- radiant flux — the time rate of flow of radiant energy.
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
- regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
- repopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- reputational — the estimation in which a person or thing is held, especially by the community or the public generally; repute: a man of good reputation.
- reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
- reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
- retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
- ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- ruralization — to make rural.
- russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes
- russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- salutatorian — (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
- teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- tranquilizer — a person or thing that tranquilizes.
- tranquillity — quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity.
- tranquillize — To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug.