12-letter words containing u, d, a, i
- arseniureted — combined with arsenic
- astoundingly — capable of overwhelming with amazement; stunningly surprising.
- attitudinize — to adopt a pose or opinion for effect; strike an attitude
- attitudinous — (informal) Having a bold and possibly unfriendly attitude; sassy.
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
- audio-visual — Audio-visual equipment and materials involve both recorded sound and pictures.
- audiological — Of, or pertaining to, audiology, or the study of hearing.
- audiologists — Plural form of audiologist.
- audiovisuals — Plural form of audiovisual.
- auditorially — Anatomy, Physiology. pertaining to hearing, to the sense of hearing, or to the organs of hearing.
- austenitized — to form austenite in (a ferrous alloy) by heating.
- autoantibody — an antibody reacting with an antigen that is a part of the organism in which the antibody is formed
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- autodidactic — a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
- autoxidation — oxidation by exposure to atmospheric oxygen
- 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.
- barium oxide — a white or yellowish-white poisonous heavy powder used esp as a dehydrating agent. Formula: BaO
- bermuda high — a subtropical high centered near Bermuda.
- bermuda lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum eximium, having white, funnel-shaped flowers, cultivated especially as an Easter lily.
- billiard cue — a long cue used for playing billiards
- biohazardous — a pathogen, especially one used in or produced by biological research.
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boatbuilding — Boatbuilding is the craft or industry of making boats.
- boudin blanc — a boiled sausage made with light-colored meat, as veal or chicken, and without blood
- boulevardier — (originally in Paris) a fashionable man, esp one who frequents public places
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
- bring around — If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
- buffalo bird — a cowbird, Molothrus ater, of North America.
- buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- burial mound — a barrow
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- butyric acid — type of acid
- cadmium cell — a photocell with a cadmium electrode that is especially sensitive to ultraviolet radiation
- calycoideous — calycoid
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- card surfing — a form of cash-card fraud in which one person watches another using a cash dispenser, notes his or her personal identification number, and, after an accomplice has stolen the card, uses the card to withdraw cash
- caustic soda — Caustic soda is a powerful chemical substance used to make strong soaps and clean drains.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
- circularised — Simple past tense and past participle of circularise.
- circularized — Simple past tense and past participle of circularize.
- circumradius — the radius of the circle circumscribed around a triangle.
- ciudad ojeda — a city in NW Venezuela, on Lake Maracaibo.
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
- claudication — limping; lameness