12-letter words containing i, n, o, c, u, s
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- inimicitious — inimical
- inoculations — the act or process of inoculating.
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- inosculation — The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; intercommunication.
- insouciantly — free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
- instructions — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- insubjection — lack of subjection, or the state of being disobedient to an authority, such as a government
- insurrection — an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
- interacinous — situated between the acini of a gland or lung.
- interclusion — the act of intercluding
- internuncios — Plural form of internuncio.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- jurisconsult — Roman and Civil Law. a person authorized to give legal advice.
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- king's scout — (in Great Britain) a boy scout who has achieved the highest level of scouting: similar to the U.S. eagle scout.
- licentiously — In a licentious manner, rowdily, overwhelmed by passion and without control of appetites (especially sexual appetites).
- lincolnesque — like or characteristic of Abraham Lincoln: a Lincolnesque compassion.
- locus in quo — the place in which; the very place; the scene of the event.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lusciousness — Property of being luscious.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- microinsurer — (insurance) An insurer providing microinsurance, small low-cost policies aimed at underserved groups.
- micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.
- microsurgeon — a person who performs microsurgery
- misconducted — Simple past tense and past participle of misconduct.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- misconstruct — To construct wrongly.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misconstrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconstrue.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
- monostichous — (of parts) forming one row
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- mucilaginous — of, relating to, or secreting mucilage.