12-letter words containing n, o, u, i, s
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- resuspension — the act of suspending.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- roughhousing — the act of behaving in a boisterous or rough way
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
- russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.
- rustic joint — a joint between stones recessed from the faces between sunken drafts or bevels.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- sago pudding — a sweet pudding made with sago and milk
- salutational — relating to salutation
- salutatorian — (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- sanguicolous — living in the blood, as a parasite.
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- sanguivorous — feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.
- sansculottic — relating to sansculottes
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- schizogonous — pertaining to or reproducing by schizogony.
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
- seclusionist — a person who prefers to be alone or secluded
- seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.
- self-tuition — the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
- seminivorous — feeding on seeds: seminivorous birds.
- series-wound — noting a commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are connected in series.
- serpentinous — of the nature of serpentine; containing or consisting of serpentine
- set function — a function having a collection of sets as domain.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
- show jumping — sport: horseriding event
- silhouetting — a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurational drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a person's face in profile.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- simultaneous — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
- sine qua non — an indispensable condition; requisite.
- sinusoidally — Mathematics. of or relating to a sinusoid.
- situationism — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
- situationist — the theory that behavior is chiefly response to immediate situations.
- six counties — the historic counties of Northern Ireland, which no longer have a local government function