12-letter words containing s, t, o, u, e, n
- 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.
- court tennis — a variety of tennis played indoors on a specially constructed court having high cement walls off which the ball may be played, points being made chiefly by stroking the ball into any of three openings in the walls of the court. Compare penthouse (def 7), tambour (def 7), winning opening.
- covetousness — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- crosscurrent — a current in a river or sea flowing across another current
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- current cost — The current cost of assets is their current value, or what it would cost to replace them at this time.
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- deconstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- desmond tutu — a university degree graded 2:2 (second class lower bracket)
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- dextrousness — Alternative form of dexterousness.
- discontinued — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- discontinues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discontinue.
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- do one's nut — to be extremely angry; go into a rage
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- dulcet tones — People often use the expression dulcet tones to refer to someone's voice.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- 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.
- electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
- elocutionist — Someone who practices or teaches elocution.
- eloquentness — The quality of being eloquent.
- 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.
- enterococcus — A streptococcus of a group that occurs naturally in the intestine but causes inflammation and blood infection if introduced elsewhere in the body (e.g., by injury or surgery).
- enteropneust — a worm-like marine invertebrate
- enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
- equalisation — Alternative spelling of equalization.
- equinoctials — Plural form of equinoctial.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- evolutionism — (countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
- evolutionist — A person who believes in the theories of evolution and natural selection.
- exclusionist — Acting to shut out or bar someone from a place, group, or privilege.
- excursionist — A person who goes on excursions; a traveller or tourist.
- executioners — Plural form of executioner.
- exeunt omnes — they all go out: used as a stage direction
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.