12-letter words containing s, u, n, i, e
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- nonfluencies — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- noninsurance — the condition or state of not having insurance
- nonintrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- nonocclusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- nonpurposive — lacking purpose
- nonreligious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- nonunionised — Alternative spelling of nonunionized.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- nugatoriness — Quality of being nugatory.
- nuisance tax — a tax paid in small but frequent amounts, usually by consumers.
- numerologist — A practitioner of numerology.
- numinousness — The state or quality of being numinous.
- nun's fiddle — trumpet marine.
- nurse's aide — a person who assists professional nurses, as in a hospital, by performing such routine tasks as making beds and serving meals.
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- oleoresinous — pertaining to, characteristic of, or containing oleoresin.
- on your side — If something is on your side or if you have it on your side, it helps you when you are trying to achieve something.
- ostentatious — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- outgoingness — The state or condition of being outgoing; gregariousness, extroversion.
- outside lane — the lane on a motorway where overtaking of other vehicles is permitted and vehicles can travel fastest
- outside line — an external telephone connection
- outsiderness — The state or condition of being an outsider.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- over-anxious — excessively anxious.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- passive noun — a noun whose referent is the recipient of an action, as trainee, multiplicand.
- pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- paying guest — lodger
- penguin suit — a man's formal evening suit
- pension fund — a fund created and maintained, as by a corporation, to provide benefits under a pension plan.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- perineuritis — inflammation of the perineurium