12-letter words containing r, e, t, i, n, o
- unintroduced — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- union buster — any of a group of persons hired by a company to disperse picketers, end a strike or job action, etc., especially by violence or intimidation.
- unit process — any of a number of standard operations, such as filtration or distillation, that are widely used in various chemical and process industries
- united front — a coalition formed to oppose a force that menaces the interests of all the members: They presented a united front against the enemy.
- unoriginated — not originated
- unpatronized — having few or no patrons
- unperfection — imperfection
- unproductive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unpropertied — owning property: the propertied class.
- unprotective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- unprotesting — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- unrhetorical — not rhetorical; literal; plainspoken
- unsupportive — giving support.
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- urinogenital — genitourinary.
- velarization — to pronounce with velar articulation.
- ventnor city — a town in SE New Jersey.
- ventripotent — having a large belly
- ventromedial — relating to both the ventral and medial surfaces, or to the front and to the middle
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vertebration — vertebrate formation.
- video rental — the system of renting films on video or DVD for a period of time in exchange for payment
- virtuousness — conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
- viscerotonia — a personality type characterized by hedonism and conviviality: said to be correlated with an endomorph body type
- viscerotonic — of, relating to, or possessing the character traits typical of viscerotonia
- vitreousness — the state of being vitreous
- vituperation — verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
- vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
- volunteerism — voluntarism (def 2).
- von stroheim — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- voting paper — a ballot.
- water coning — Water coning is when flow in a well changes as the oil-water interface forms into a bell shape.
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- watering pot — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
- waterlogging — to cause (a boat, ship, etc.) to become uncontrollable as a result of flooding.
- west pointer — a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point
- white bryony — a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries
- white-ground — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece from the 6th to the 4th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by a white background of slip onto which were painted polychromatic figures.
- wigtownshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- winter melon — a variety of late-keeping muskmelon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a sweet, edible flesh.
- winterbourne — a channel filled only at a time of excessive rainfall.
- written word — You use the written word to refer to language expressed in writing, especially when contrasted with speech or with other forms of expression such as painting or film.
- xanthopterin — a yellow pigment, C6H5N5O2, found in some butterfly or moth wings or in the urine of mammals
- xenoreactive — (immunology) That generates a reaction to material from another species.
- zwitterionic — an ion with both a positive and a negative charge.