12-letter words containing t, o, n, u, s
- bean sprouts — the sprouts of newly germinated mung beans, eaten as a vegetable, esp in Chinese dishes
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
- biting louse — any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga, such as the chicken louse: external parasites of birds and mammals with biting mouthparts
- blastulation — the process of blastula formation
- blockbusting — A blockbusting film or book is one that is very successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- blue stilton — a rich cheese made from whole milk, blue-veined and very strong in flavour
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- broncobuster — (in the western US and Canada) a cowboy who breaks in broncos or wild horses
- brontosaurus — any very large herbivorous quadrupedal dinosaur of the genus Apatosaurus, common in North America during Jurassic times, having a long neck and long tail: suborder Sauropoda (sauropods)
- bunco artist — a confidence trickster or con artist
- cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
- calculations — Plural form of calculation.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- cash account — an account with a brokerage which stipulates that the client pays in full for any transactions, rather than being extended credit
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- causationism — the theory of universal causation
- causationist — a person who believes in the theory of universal causation
- cautiousness — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- circulations — Plural form of circulation.
- claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
- closet queen — a man who is homosexual but does not admit the fact
- co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- cocaine bust — an arrest for the possession of cocaine
- colourations — Plural form of colouration.
- column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
- come unstuck — If something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
- commensurate — If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second.
- communicants — Plural form of communicant.
- communicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communicate.
- communionist — a person with a particular view or interpretation of communion, as specified.
- commutations — Plural form of commutation.
- compunctions — Plural form of compunction.
- compunctious — causing or feeling compunction; regretful.
- computations — Plural form of computation.
- concertstück — a composition in concerto style but shorter than a full concerto
- concientious — Misspelling of conscientious.
- concupiscent — lustful or sensual.
- conductances — Plural form of conductance.
- confucianist — the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct.
- confusticate — Slang. to confuse or perplex; bewilder.
- confutations — Plural form of confutation.
- conjugations — Plural form of conjugation.
- conjunctions — Plural form of conjunction.