12-letter words containing a, u, n, i, s
- contumacious — stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- convulsional — relating to convulsions
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- dauntingness — to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- delusionally — In a delusional way.
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- desquamating — Present participle of desquamate.
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- diamond dust — pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disanalogous — not analogous
- discomedusan — a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfish with flattened bodies
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- discussional — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- disenamoured — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- emasculating — Present participle of emasculate.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- ensanguining — Present participle of ensanguine.
- enthusiastic — Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.