12-letter words containing t, u
- ambidextrous — Someone who is ambidextrous can use both their right hand and their left hand equally skilfully.
- ambisextrous — Informal. sexually attracted to both sexes; bisexual. used by or suitable for either sex; unisex: ambisextrous hair styles.
- ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
- ambulatorily — By or in terms of walking.
- amentiferous — bearing aments
- amfebutamone — (former name) The drug bupropion.
- aminobutyric — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to any of several isomeric univalent radicals in which a hydrogen atom of a butyric radical is replaced by an amino group.
- amphistomous — (of certain animals, such as leeches) having a sucker at either end of the body
- amphithecium — the outer layer of cells of the sporophyte of mosses and liverworts that develops into the outer parts of the spore-bearing capsule
- amphitropous — (of a plant ovule) partially inverted so that the base and the micropyle at the apex are the same distance from the funicle
- anacolouthon — Alternative spelling of anacoluthon (A break in sequence, that occurs when the scheme of a sentence is changed in its course. Incoherence in a sentence.).
- anastasius i — a.d. c430–518, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 491–518.
- and counting — If you say and counting after a number or an amount of something, you mean that the number or amount is continuing to increase.
- andouillette — a French sausage made from pig intestines, smaller than an andouille
- aneurysmatic — (medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal.
- angiostomous — having a narrow opening
- angularities — Plural form of angularity.
- animalculist — a person who subscribes to the theory of animalculism
- announcement — An announcement is a statement made to the public or to the media which gives information about something that has happened or that will happen.
- annuity bond — a fixed-rate bond that pays out the same amount of cash every year over its lifetime
- annuity rate — An annuity rate is used to calculate the amount of income that will be paid, following investment of a lump sum in an annuity.
- annunciating — Present participle of annunciate.
- annunciation — In Christianity, the Annunciation was the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she was going to give birth to the son of God.
- annunciators — Plural form of annunciator.
- annunciatory — to announce.
- anotherguess — of a different type or kind; different
- antebrachium — (anatomy) The forearm.
- antediluvial — Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood (or similar deluge myth).
- antediluvian — Antediluvian things are old or old-fashioned.
- antependiums — Plural form of antependium.
- anthocarpous — resembling or pertaining to an anthocarp
- anthophagous — That feeds on flowers.
- anthophilous — (esp of insects) frequenting flowers
- anti-dumping — designating or of laws, tariffs, etc. that ban or counteract the dumping of goods by a foreign manufacturer
- anti-judaism — the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the Talmud. Compare Conservative Jew, Orthodox Jew, Reform Jew.
- anti-leaguer — a person who opposed the League of Nations or U.S. participation in it.
- anti-nuclear — opposed to military and industrial applications of nuclear energy and to technologies which produce radioactive waste products
- anti-tumoral — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- anti-utopian — dystopia.
- antibacchius — a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, of which the first two are long and the third is short
- antibarbarus — a list of words and sayings to be avoided in the classical usage of a language
- antibrachium — (anatomy) alternative spelling of antebrachium.
- antibullying — Opposed to or acting against bullying.
- antiburglary — intended to prevent burglary
- antibusiness — opposed to business interests, particularly those of large-scale corporations
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- anticultural — against culture or civilization
- antidandruff — preventing or treating dandruff
- antideuteron — the antimatter counterpart to the deuteron.
- antidilution — (of a provision or protection) acting to prevent a company from issuing equity at a low valuation