12-letter words containing a, n, i, c, u
- aquaintances — Plural form of aquaintance.
- archosaurian — belonging to or characteristic of the archosaurs
- articulating — Present participle of articulate.
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- assuefaction — the condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something
- astronautics — the science and technology of space flight
- au contraire — on the contrary
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- auction site — a commercial website on which items are sold by internet auction
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- auscultating — Present participle of auscultate.
- auscultation — the diagnostic technique in medicine of listening to the various internal sounds made by the body, usually with the aid of a stethoscope
- authenticate — If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it.
- authenticity — the quality or state of being authentic; reliability; genuineness
- autochthonic — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autohypnotic — Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- avuncularity — the condition of being an uncle
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- bifunctional — having two functions
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- boudin blanc — a boiled sausage made with light-colored meat, as veal or chicken, and without blood
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- buccaneering — If you describe someone as buccaneering, you mean that they enjoy being involved in risky or even dishonest activities, especially in order to make money.
- buccaneerish — of or relating to a buccaneer
- buccolingual — of or relating to the cheek and tongue.
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
- bushwhacking — to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
- cacophonious — cacophonous
- cafe curtain — a short curtain suspended directly downward from a series of rings sliding on a horizontal rod so as to cover the lower and sometimes upper portions of a window.
- calculations — Plural form of calculation.
- calreticulin — (protein) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.
- calumniating — Present participle of calumniate.
- calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- calumniously — in a calumnious manner
- camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
- canaliculate — having a groove or grooves
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- capitulating — Present participle of capitulate.
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles