12-letter words containing a, m, u, n
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- suleiman (i) — 1494?-1566; sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520-66)
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- sun umbrella — an umbrella by a chair or table, used for protecting you from the sun
- superluminal — appearing to travel faster than the speed of light.
- supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- supplemental — supplementary.
- supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
- supramundane — transcending the world
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
- tautavel man — Arago man.
- tax immunity — the fact of being immune from taxation
- 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.
- temporaneous — lasting a short while
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- the mountain — an extremist faction during the French Revolution led by Danton and Robespierre
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- tour manager — the person in charge of an organized trip that people such as musicians, or actors go on to several different places, stopping to meet people or perform
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- translumenal — (of a surgical procedure) performed within a blood vessel, duct, or cavity
- transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transuranium — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
- traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- traumatizing — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
- tumultuation — a tumultuous state or the act of creating a tumult
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- turkoman rug — any of a number of handwoven rugs produced by the Turkomans and characterized by coarse warp and filling yarn, a short, even pile made with the Sehna knot, and a variety of geometric, marine, and serpentine designs.
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- ultramontane — beyond the mountains.
- ultramundane — outside or beyond the earth or the orbits of the planets.
- umbilication — a central navellike depression.
- umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
- un-earmarked — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
- un-humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- un-laminated — formed of or set in thin layers or laminae.
- un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.