12-letter words containing a, i, r, o, u, t
- autocritique — the examination of factors guiding one's thoughts, beliefs and actions; self-criticism
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- autographing — Present participle of autograph.
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
- autoreactive — (immunology, medicine) Acting against the organism by which it was produced.
- autorhythmic — That generates its own rhythm.
- autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
- autorotation — the continuous rotation of a body in an airflow, such as that of the rotor blades of a helicopter in an unpowered descent
- barquisimeto — a city in NW Venezuela. Pop: 1 009 000 (2005 est)
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- bioturbation — the stirring of sediment by organisms
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
- brain tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- burro's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- centuriation — the process or act of dividing land into centuries or equal areas undertaken by the Romans
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- circulations — Plural form of circulation.
- circumrotary — Alternative form of circumrotatory.
- circumrotate — to turn like a wheel; rotate
- cirrostratus — a uniform layer of cloud above about 6000 metres (20 000 feet)
- claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
- colourations — Plural form of colouration.
- communicator — a person who communicates, especially one skilled at conveying information, ideas, or policy to the public.
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- conductorial — relating to a conductor
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- configurator — an item of software that enables or assists in the configuration of a product
- congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
- conjurations — Plural form of conjuration.
- conquistador — The conquistadors were the sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
- containerful — As much as a container can hold.
- contributary — contributory
- contriturate — to triturate completely
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- corticofugal — (of a nerve fiber) originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
- counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.