12-letter words containing d, o, n, u, t
- introductory — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- latitudinous — having latitude, scope, range, breadth, etc., especially of ideas, interests, interpretations, or the like: a Renaissance man of latitudinous outlook.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- liquidations — Plural form of liquidation.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- lodging turn — a period of work or duty, esp among railway workers, which involves sleeping away from home
- long-tongued — talking too much or too openly, especially of private or confidential matters; chattering; gossipy.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- longitudinal — of or relating to longitude or length: longitudinal measurement.
- misconducted — Simple past tense and past participle of misconduct.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- motion study — time and motion study.
- motown-sound — Detroit, Michigan: a nickname.
- mount desert — island off the S coast of Me.: resort: c. 100 sq mi (259 sq km)
- mountain dew — moonshine; whisky that has been illegally distilled
- mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
- natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- neuropeptide — any of various short-chain peptides, as endorphins, that function as neuromodulators in the nervous system and as hormones in the endocrine system.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- non-dilution — the act of diluting or the state of being diluted.
- non-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- non-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- nonautomated — not automated or operated by machines
- nonconductor — a substance that does not readily conduct heat, sound, or electricity.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondeductive — not related to deduction or subtraction
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- noneducation — not involving education
- noninductive — not inductive: a noninductive resistance.
- nonnucleated — having no nucleus
- nonredundant — not redundant
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- nootka sound — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, inside Nootka Island on the W coast of Vancouver Island, SW British Columbia, Canada.
- norton sound — an arm of the Bering Sea on the W coast of Alaska, S of the Seward Peninsula. About 150 miles (240 km) long and 125 miles (200 km) wide.
- not so dusty — not too bad; fairly well: often in response to the greeting how are you?
- noun adjunct — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside