12-letter words containing a, s, o, u, n
- nonspiritual — Not spiritual.
- nonstatutory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a statute.
- nonunanimous — not unanimous
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
- nootka sound — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, inside Nootka Island on the W coast of Vancouver Island, SW British Columbia, Canada.
- not just any — If you say that someone or something is not just any person or thing, you mean that they are special in some way.
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- 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
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
- oamaru stone — a kind of limestone, of building quality, found at Oamaru on South Island, New Zealand
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- 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.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- odontomatous — relating to an odontoma
- of substance — wealthy
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- on all fours — all four limbs or extremities; the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person: The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours.
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- oracularness — the state of being oracular
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- ostentatious — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
- otacousticon — (now rare) An instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.
- outdatedness — the state of being outdated
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- outside lane — the lane on a motorway where overtaking of other vehicles is permitted and vehicles can travel fastest
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstandings — Outstanding amounts; unpaid debts.
- over-anxious — excessively anxious.
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
- pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paranthropus — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
- parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- passive noun — a noun whose referent is the recipient of an action, as trainee, multiplicand.