12-letter words containing a, n, i, c, u
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- incunabulist — a person who specialises in incunabula, a collector of incunabula
- incurability — The quality or state of being incurable—not being able to be cured.
- induced drag — the drag force generated in the production of lift.
- inexactitude — the quality or state of being inexact or inaccurate; inexactness.
- inexcuseable — Alternative form of inexcusable.
- inexecutable — That cannot be executed or carried out.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- injudicially — in an unlawful manner
- inoccupation — a lack of occupation
- inoculations — the act or process of inoculating.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- inosculation — The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; intercommunication.
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- insectariums — Plural form of insectarium.
- insouciantly — free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
- intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- interacinous — situated between the acini of a gland or lung.
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- interlocular — having one or more locules.
- internuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- internuncial — serving to announce or connect.
- intranuclear — existing or taking place within a nucleus.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- iron curtain — (sometimes initial capital letters) a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, especially such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries.
- jaunting car — a light, two-wheeled, one-horse cart, once common in Ireland, having two seats set back to back, with a perch in front for the driver.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- juggling act — If you say that a situation is a juggling act, you mean that someone is trying to do two or more things at once, and that they are finding it difficult to do those things properly.
- jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- just in case — if it should happen that
- khachaturian — Aram Ilich [ar-uh m il-yich;; Russian uh-rahm ee-lyeech] /ˈær əm ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian ʌˈrɑm iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–78, Armenian composer.
- kinchinjunga — Kanchenjunga.
- lace-curtain — characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
- linguistical — (not in technical use) linguistic.
- liquefacient — something that liquefies or promotes liquefaction.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- loan council — (in Australia) a statutory body that controls borrowing by the states
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- logical unit — (networking) (LU) A primary component of SNA, an LU is a type of NAU that enables end users to communicate with each other and gain access to SNA network resources.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.