12-letter words containing s, t, a, n, o, u
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- cost-account — to subject to cost accounting.
- cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
- countenances — Plural form of countenance.
- 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.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- diamond dust — pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
- equalisation — Alternative spelling of equalization.
- equinoctials — Plural form of equinoctial.
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- 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
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- 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.