12-letter words containing n, u
- assimulating — Present participle of assimulate.
- assimulation — Obsolete form of assimilation.
- assuefaction — the condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something
- assumed bond — a bond issued by one corporation and assumed as an obligation by another.
- assumed name — If you do something under an assumed name, you do it using a name that is not your real name.
- assurbanipal — Ashurbanipal
- astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
- 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
- asynchronous — An asynchronous electric machine is one in which the magnetic field and the rotation are not exactly the same.
- at a venture — at random; by chance
- athos, mount — autonomous monastic district occupying the tip of the easternmost prong of the Chalcidice peninsula, NE Greece: 130 sq mi (337 sq km); pop. 1,500
- 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)
- attitudinize — to adopt a pose or opinion for effect; strike an attitude
- attitudinous — (informal) Having a bold and possibly unfriendly attitude; sassy.
- attributions — Plural form of attribution.
- au contraire — on the contrary
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- auction site — a commercial website on which items are sold by internet auction
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- augmentative — tending or able to augment
- aurene glass — an iridescent American art glass colored gold and blue.
- auroral zone — the region surrounding the north or south geomagnetic pole in which the auroral phenomena take place.
- auscultating — Present participle of auscultate.
- auscultation — the diagnostic technique in medicine of listening to the various internal sounds made by the body, usually with the aid of a stethoscope
- austenitized — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
- 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
- authenticate — If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it.
- authenticity — the quality or state of being authentic; reliability; genuineness
- autoanalysis — Psychoanalysis. self-analysis.
- autoanalyzer — any of various automatic devices that test and analyze chemicals, blood, etc.
- autoantibody — an antibody reacting with an antigen that is a part of the organism in which the antibody is formed
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- autochthonal — Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
- autochthones — Alternative spelling of autochthons.
- autochthonic — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autogenously — In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
- autographing — Present participle of autograph.
- autohypnosis — the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
- autohypnotic — Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
- autoignition — Automotive. the spontaneous ignition of fuel when introduced into the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine, as a result either of glowing carbon in the chamber or of the heat of compression.
- autoimmunity — (pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
- automatizing — Present participle of automatize.
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- autonomously — Government. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.