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12-letter words containing o, u, a, n

  • base bullion — smelted lead containing impurities, as gold, silver, or zinc, that are later removed.
  • basset hound — A basset hound is a dog with short strong legs, a long body, and long ears. It is kept as a pet or used for hunting.
  • battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
  • bay of fundy — an inlet of the Atlantic in SE Canada, between S New Brunswick and W Nova Scotia: remarkable for its swift tides of up to 21 m (70 ft)
  • bayonet bulb — an electric light bulb which is inserted into the socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket
  • bean counter — You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money.
  • bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
  • beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
  • beat up (on) — to give a beating to; thrash
  • beaumontague — a cement-like substance used to fill in and hide cracks and holes in woodwork and metalwork
  • beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
  • benzal group — the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.
  • bifunctional — having two functions
  • binocularity — binocular characteristics
  • bioturbation — the stirring of sediment by organisms
  • black tongue — canine pellagra.
  • blastulation — the process of blastula formation
  • boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
  • boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
  • boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
  • boudin blanc — a boiled sausage made with light-colored meat, as veal or chicken, and without blood
  • bougainville — an island in the W Pacific, in Papua New Guinea: the largest of the Solomon Islands: unilaterally declared independence in 1990; occupied by government troops in 1992, and granted autonomy in 2001. Chief town: Kieta. Area: 10 049 sq km (3880 sq miles)
  • boulangerite — a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.
  • bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
  • bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
  • brain tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
  • brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
  • break ground — to do something that has not been done before
  • bring around — If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
  • brontosaurus — any very large herbivorous quadrupedal dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus, common in North America during Jurassic times, having a long neck and long tail: suborder Sauropoda (sauropods)
  • buccolingual — of or relating to the cheek and tongue.
  • bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
  • buenos aires — the capital of Argentina, a major port and industrial city on the Río de la Plata estuary: became capital in 1880; university (1821). Pop: 13 349 000 (2005 est)
  • buffalo gnat — any of various small North American blood-sucking dipterous insects of the genus Simulium and related genera: family Simuliidae
  • bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
  • buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
  • burial mound — a barrow
  • burkina faso — an inland republic in W Africa: dominated by Mossi kingdoms (10th–19th centuries); French protectorate established in 1896; became an independent republic in 1960; consists mainly of a flat savanna plateau. Official language: French; Mossi and other African languages also widely spoken. Religion: mostly animist, with a large Muslim minority. Currency: franc. Capital: Ouagadougou. Pop: 17 812 961 (2013 est). Area: 273 200 sq km (105 900 sq miles)
  • burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
  • burnt orange — of a dark orange colour, sometimes due to calcination of orange pigment
  • button quail — any small quail-like terrestrial bird of the genus Turnix, such as T. sylvatica (striped button quail), occurring in tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World: family Turnicidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)
  • byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
  • cacophonious — cacophonous
  • cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
  • calculations — Plural form of calculation.
  • calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
  • calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
  • calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
  • calumniously — in a calumnious manner
  • camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
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