12-letter words containing o, u, a, n
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- infamousness — The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
- infatuations — Plural form of infatuation.
- infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- ink fountain — the part of a printing press that stores ink and feeds it to the rollers.
- inoccupation — a lack of occupation
- inoculations — the act or process of inoculating.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- inosculation — The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; intercommunication.
- inquartation — (in assaying) the addition of silver to a gold-silver alloy in order to facilitate the parting of the gold by nitric acid.
- ins and outs — details
- insalubrious — unfavorable to health; unwholesome.
- insinuations — Plural form of insinuation.
- insouciantly — free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
- instauration — renewal; restoration; renovation; repair.
- insufflation — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- interacinous — situated between the acini of a gland or lung.
- interlobular — (anatomy) Between lobules.
- interlocular — having one or more locules.
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- intraosseous — (medicine) within a bone.
- intraveneous — Misspelling of intravenous.
- involutional — of, relating to, or characteristic of involutional melancholia: involutional symptoms.
- invultuation — the use of or the act of making images of people, animals, etc, for witchcraft
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- iron curtain — (sometimes initial capital letters) a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, especially such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- james hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- john mauchly — (person) /jon W mok'*-lee/ (rhymes with "broccoli") Dr. John W. Mauchly, one of the developers of ENIAC.
- john paul ii — (Karol Wojtyla) 1920–2005, Polish ecclesiastic: pope 1978–2005.
- joint author — a person who shares the writing of a book, article, etc, with another
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods