12-letter words containing s, a, n, t, u, r
- census taker — a person who gathers information for a census.
- census tract — a standard area in certain large American cities used by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for purposes of population enumeration.
- circulations — Plural form of circulation.
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
- colourations — Plural form of colouration.
- commensurate — If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second.
- conjurations — Plural form of conjuration.
- conquistador — The conquistadors were the sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- consultatory — Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
- consummatory — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contractures — Plural form of contracture.
- contrasexual — (of a woman) appearing to defy the female sexual stereotype by being content to be single and childless while being sexually active and financially independent
- conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- counterpanes — Plural form of counterpane.
- counterparts — a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function: Our president is the counterpart of your prime minister.
- counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
- counterscarp — the outer side of the ditch of a fort
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- counterstate — across state; traversing the state
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- country seat — A country seat is a large house with land in the country which is owned by someone who also owns a house in a town.
- crassamentum — a blood clot
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- dental nurse — a dentist's assistant, esp one who passes instruments, mixes fillings, etc
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- easter bunny — rabbit: brings chocolate eggs
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- entablatures — Plural form of entablature.
- enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
- equilibrants — Plural form of equilibrant.
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- fast neutron — a neutron produced by nuclear fission that has lost little energy by collision; a neutron with a kinetic energy in excess of 0.1 MeV
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fortran-plus — Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features.