12-letter words containing n, u
- and counting — If you say and counting after a number or an amount of something, you mean that the number or amount is continuing to increase.
- andouillette — a French sausage made from pig intestines, smaller than an andouille
- andre fleury — André Hercule de [ahn-drey er-kyl duh] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ ɛrˈkül də/ (Show IPA), 1653–1743, French cardinal and statesman.
- androclinium — clinandrium.
- anemochorous — (of a fruit, seed, or spore) adapted for dispersion by wind.
- anemophilous — (of flowering plants such as grasses) pollinated by the wind
- aneurysmatic — (medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal.
- angiocarpous — being or having fruit contained in a vessel such as a shell
- angiostomous — having a narrow opening
- angra mainyu — the evil spirit who contends against Spenta Mainyu.
- anguilliform — having the shape or form of an eel
- angularities — Plural form of angularity.
- animalculism — the theory explaining psychological and pathological phenomena through animalcules
- animalculist — a person who subscribes to the theory of animalculism
- animalculous — a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
- ankylosaurus — a plant-eating dinosaur of the Cretaceous period that had a tail resembling a club and a body covering of thick scales
- announceable — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- announcement — An announcement is a statement made to the public or to the media which gives information about something that has happened or that will happen.
- annual leave — the time a person is allowed to take off work as holiday in any one-year period
- annuity bond — a fixed-rate bond that pays out the same amount of cash every year over its lifetime
- annuity rate — An annuity rate is used to calculate the amount of income that will be paid, following investment of a lump sum in an annuity.
- annular gear — a gear having teeth cut on an inner cylindrical surface.
- annunciating — Present participle of annunciate.
- annunciation — In Christianity, the Annunciation was the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she was going to give birth to the son of God.
- annunciators — Plural form of annunciator.
- annunciatory — to announce.
- anotherguess — of a different type or kind; different
- antebrachium — (anatomy) The forearm.
- antediluvial — Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood (or similar deluge myth).
- antediluvian — Antediluvian things are old or old-fashioned.
- antependiums — Plural form of antependium.
- anthocarpous — resembling or pertaining to an anthocarp
- anthophagous — That feeds on flowers.
- anthophilous — (esp of insects) frequenting flowers
- anti-dumping — designating or of laws, tariffs, etc. that ban or counteract the dumping of goods by a foreign manufacturer
- anti-judaism — the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the Talmud. Compare Conservative Jew, Orthodox Jew, Reform Jew.
- anti-leaguer — a person who opposed the League of Nations or U.S. participation in it.
- anti-nuclear — opposed to military and industrial applications of nuclear energy and to technologies which produce radioactive waste products
- anti-tumoral — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- anti-utopian — dystopia.
- antibacchius — a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, of which the first two are long and the third is short
- antibarbarus — a list of words and sayings to be avoided in the classical usage of a language
- antibrachium — (anatomy) alternative spelling of antebrachium.
- antibullying — Opposed to or acting against bullying.
- antiburglary — intended to prevent burglary
- antibusiness — opposed to business interests, particularly those of large-scale corporations
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- anticultural — against culture or civilization
- antidandruff — preventing or treating dandruff
- antideuteron — the antimatter counterpart to the deuteron.