12-letter words containing n, u, r, s, i
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- honorius iii — (Cencio Savelli) died 1227, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1216–27.
- honours list — annual list of persons given royal awards
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
- illusoriness — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- illustrating — Present participle of illustrate.
- illustration — something that illustrates, as a picture in a book or magazine.
- immatureness — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- immune serum — a serum containing naturally or artificially produced antibodies to a given antigen, obtained from human or animal sources.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in a measure — to an extent
- in course of — in the process of
- in our midst — among us
- inaccuracies — Plural form of inaccuracy.
- inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- industrially — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- industrywide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
- ingloriously — In an inglorious manner.
- ingurgitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingurgitate.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- innutritious — (of food) lacking in nutrients; not nourishing.
- inquiry desk — a section of an office, business etc, which deals with inquiries nor requests for information
- inquisitress — a woman who makes an inquisition.
- insalubrious — unfavorable to health; unwholesome.
- inscrutables — Plural form of inscrutable.
- insectariums — Plural form of insectarium.
- insecureness — Insecurity.
- insecurities — lack of confidence or assurance; self-doubt: He is plagued by insecurity.
- instauration — renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
- instructible — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.