12-letter words containing n, a, t, u, r
- antinutrient — a substance that interferes with the utilization of one or more nutrients by the body, as oxalate and phytate, which prevent calcium absorption.
- antipleasure — opposed to pleasure
- antipruritic — acting against or preventing itching
- antiquarians — Plural form of antiquarian.
- antirrhinums — Plural form of antirrhinum.
- antitumoural — acting against or upon tumours
- antwerp blue — any of several iron-blue pigments, usually containing a considerable amount of extender.
- anzus treaty — Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, especially as associated in the mutual defense treaty (ANZUS Pact or ANZUS Treaty) of 1952.
- appurtenance — a secondary or less significant thing or part
- around about — Around about means approximately.
- arseniureted — combined with arsenic
- arthur evans — Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
- articulating — Present participle of articulate.
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- arts student — a person studying an arts subject
- astronautics — the science and technology of space flight
- astroturfing — a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots support for a particular product, policy, or event
- at a venture — at random; by chance
- attenborough — Sir David. born 1926, British naturalist and broadcaster; noted esp for his TV series Life on Earth (1978), The Living Planet (1983), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002), and First Life (2010)
- attributions — Plural form of attribution.
- au contraire — on the contrary
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- austin friar — one of the Hermits of St. Augustine.
- australasian — Australasian means belonging or relating to Australasia or to its people.
- austronesian — of or relating to Austronesia, its peoples, or their languages
- autoanalyzer — any of various automatic devices that test and analyze chemicals, blood, etc.
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- autographing — Present participle of autograph.
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- autorotation — the continuous rotation of a body in an airflow, such as that of the rotor blades of a helicopter in an unpowered descent
- averruncator — a long pair of shears used for pruning the higher branches of trees
- avuncularity — the condition of being an uncle
- back country — The back country is an area that is a long way from any city and has very few people living in it.
- backcourtman — any of the players stationed in the backcourt; a guard
- ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
- banbury tart — a tart filled with a lemon-flavored mixture of currants, raisins, or the like.
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- banquet room — A banquet room is a room in a hotel where large formal meals for many people can be held.
- barbados nut — an ornamental, tropical American tree, Jatropha curcas, of the spurge family, having ivylike leaves, small, yellow or greenish-yellow flowers, and olive-shaped fruit yielding a purgative, poisonous oil.
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- bean counter — You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money.
- bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- bioturbation — the stirring of sediment by organisms
- birket karun — a lake in N Egypt. 25 miles (40 km) long; about 5 miles (8 km) wide; 90 sq. mi. (233 sq. km).
- blackcurrant — In Europe, blackcurrants are a type of very small, dark purple fruits that grow in bunches on bushes.
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars