12-letter words containing i, n, t, u, o
- bullet point — A bullet point is one of a series of important items for discussion or action in a document, usually marked by a square or round symbol.
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- button quail — any small quail-like terrestrial bird of the genus Turnix, such as T. sylvatica (striped button quail), occurring in tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World: family Turnicidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)
- buttonholing — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- calculations — Plural form of calculation.
- calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- causationism — the theory of universal causation
- causationist — a person who believes in the theory of universal causation
- cautiousness — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
- centuriation — the process or act of dividing land into centuries or equal areas undertaken by the Romans
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- chinhuangtao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
- ciment fondu — a type of quick-hardening refractory cement having a high alumina content
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- circulations — Plural form of circulation.
- circumventor — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- city council — a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
- claudication — limping; lameness
- claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
- co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- cocaine bust — an arrest for the possession of cocaine
- coconut milk — Coconut milk is the milky juice inside coconuts.
- colliquation — liquefaction
- colluctation — a struggle or conflict
- coloquintida — colocynth (defs 1, 2).
- colourations — Plural form of colouration.
- column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
- columniation — the arrangement of architectural columns
- communicants — Plural form of communicant.
- communicated — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
- communicatee — a person to whom a communicator communicates
- communicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communicate.
- communicator — a person who communicates, especially one skilled at conveying information, ideas, or policy to the public.
- communionist — a person with a particular view or interpretation of communion, as specified.
- commutations — Plural form of commutation.
- compunctions — Plural form of compunction.
- compunctious — causing or feeling compunction; regretful.
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- computations — Plural form of computation.
- comunication — Misspelling of communication.
- concientious — Misspelling of conscientious.