12-letter words containing a, n, i, c, u
- nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- nonarticular — Using or involving the muscles rather than the joints.
- nonautomatic — not automatic, operated by hand and not machines
- noncausative — Not causative.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- noneducation — not involving education
- noninsurance — the condition or state of not having insurance
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonmunicipal — Not municipal.
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- nucleic acid — any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides.
- 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
- nuisance tax — a tax paid in small but frequent amounts, usually by consumers.
- numismatical — Alternative form of numismatic.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- occupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
- olap council — (body, standard) A body formed in early 1995 to work on a cross-product API for OLAP. After little success it was replaced by the Analytical Solutions Forum.
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- otacousticon — (now rare) An instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
- panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
- papal nuncio — someone, such as an archbishop, who is a state's representative of or ambassador to the Pope
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- pneumaticity — the condition of being pneumatic
- poison sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus vernix (or Toxicodendron vernix), of swampy areas of the eastern U.S., having pinnate leaves and causing severe dermatitis when touched by persons sensitive to it.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- pratincolous — living in a meadow.
- pre-issuance — the act of issuing.