12-letter words containing d, e, n, u, c
- sound effect — any sound, other than music or speech, artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation, as the sound of a storm or a creaking door.
- speech sound — any of the set of distinctive sounds of a given language. Compare phoneme.
- square dance — hoedown, barn dance
- square-dance — to perform or participate in a square dance.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- succedaneous — a substitute.
- succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- suicide note — letter left by person ending own life
- sun-drenched — Sun-drenched places have a lot of hot sunshine.
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- turtlenecked — having a turtleneck
- un-inducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- un-succeeded — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- unacclimated — not accustomed or adapted to
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- unaccustomed — not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
- unacquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unascendable — not able to be ascended or climbed
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- unattendance — the act of attending.
- unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- uncalculated — not calculated; that has not been computed or evaluated
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncandidness — the quality or condition of being uncandid; lack of candidness or openness
- uncatalogued — not added to or detailed in a catalogue
- uncelebrated — not celebrated or marked by festivities; unremarked
- unchallenged — a euphemism for disabled (usually preceded by an adverb): physically challenged.
- unchannelled — not conveyed or routed along a channel
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- uncharnelled — removed from a charnel; exhumed
- unchristened — not christened
- unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
- uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- uncoagulated — Obsolete. coagulated.
- uncompounded — composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients: Soap is a compound substance.