12-letter words containing a, n, t, i, u
- bifunctional — having two functions
- bilinguality — the ability to speak two languages fluently.
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- bioturbation — the stirring of sediment by organisms
- birket karun — a lake in N Egypt. 25 miles (40 km) long; about 5 miles (8 km) wide; 90 sq. mi. (233 sq. km).
- blastulation — the process of blastula formation
- bluefin tuna — the largest tuna (Thunnus thynnus): it has bright red flesh and is important as a game and food fish
- 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
- boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
- 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
- brains trust — a group of knowledgeable people who discuss topics in public or on radio or television
- bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
- bull-baiting — the setting of dogs on a chained or confined bull, formerly a popular pastime in England
- bullet train — a passenger train that travels at very high speed
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- bunny rabbit — rabbit
- burning ghat — a platform at the top of a riverside ghat where Hindus cremate their dead.
- burnt sienna — a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
- button quail — any small quail-like terrestrial bird of the genus Turnix, such as T. sylvatica (striped button quail), occurring in tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World: family Turnicidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)
- 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.
- canaliculate — having a groove or grooves
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- 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
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- causationism — the theory of universal causation
- causationist — a person who believes in the theory of universal causation
- cautiousness — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
- centumvirate — the office of the centumviri
- centuplicate — to increase 100 times
- centuriation — the process or act of dividing land into centuries or equal areas undertaken by the Romans
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- chateau wine — a wine produced from any of certain vineyards in the Bordeaux region of France
- chauvinistic — If you describe someone as chauvinistic, you believe that they think their own country is more important and morally better than any other.
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.