12-letter words containing u, a
- automaticity — the condition of being automatic, or the degree of this
- automatizing — Present participle of automatize.
- automobiling — (dated) present participle of automobile.
- automobilism — the use of automobiles, or the practices associated with them
- automobilist — Driver; person who uses a motor vehicle such as car, van or truck.
- automobility — the use of motor cars
- automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
- autonomously — Government. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.
- autoptically — in an autoptical manner
- autoreactive — (immunology, medicine) Acting against the organism by which it was produced.
- autorhythmic — That generates its own rhythm.
- autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
- autorotation — the continuous rotation of a body in an airflow, such as that of the rotor blades of a helicopter in an unpowered descent
- autotheistic — Self-worshiping; prideful in the extreme.
- autotoxaemia — autointoxication.
- autoxidation — oxidation by exposure to atmospheric oxygen
- autumn olive — a spiny shrub (Elaeagnus umbellata) of the oleaster family, having leaves covered with silvery or brown scales
- avariciously — characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.
- avascularity — the condition of having few blood vessels or of being without blood vessels
- averruncator — a long pair of shears used for pruning the higher branches of trees
- aviculturist — A person who keeps and rears (breeds) birds.
- avuncularity — the condition of being an uncle
- axe-murderer — someone who commits murderer with an axe
- axillary bud — a bud that is borne at the axil of a leaf and is capable of developing into a branch shoot or flower cluster.
- ayuntamiento — (in Spain) a municipal council
- baba au rhum — a light cake raised with yeast, containing raisins and dried fruits and soaked in a rum syrup
- baba gannouj — a salad of cooked eggplant, olive oil, garlic, etc.
- baba ghanouj — a Middle Eastern dish, a puree of broiled eggplant usually with garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, eaten with pita as an appetizer
- baby-bouncer — a seat on springs suspended from a door frame, etc, in which a baby may be placed for exercise
- baccalaurean — of a baccalaureate
- baccalauréat — (esp in France) a school-leaving examination that qualifies the successful candidates for entrance to university
- bach trumpet — a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music
- back country — The back country is an area that is a long way from any city and has very few people living in it.
- backcourtman — any of the players stationed in the backcourt; a guard
- backgrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of background.
- backgrounder — A backgrounder is a short article in a newspaper or magazine that provides background information about a particular subject.
- backpressure — a resistant pressure exerted by liquid or gas against the forward motion or flow of an exhaust or pipe system: Careful control of backpressure ensures an even supply of oil from the well.
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- backup light — Backup lights are the white lights on the back of a vehicle that shine when the vehicle moves backward.
- badger skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
- badger-skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
- ball turning — the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
- ballet suite — music written for a ballet but suitable or arranged for performance in an orchestral concert.
- balsamaceous — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
- baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
- banana shrub — a tall Chinese shrub, Michelia figo, of the magnolia family, having cream-yellow flowers with a reddish edge and a strong banana odor.
- banbury cake — a cake consisting of a pastry base filled with currants, raisins, candied peel, and sugar, with a crisscross pattern on the top
- banbury tart — a tart filled with a lemon-flavored mixture of currants, raisins, or the like.
- bank account — A bank account is an arrangement with a bank which allows you to keep your money in the bank and to take some out when you need it.
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.