12-letter words containing u, n, a, d, l
- float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
- fluidization — The act or process of fluidizing.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.
- foundational — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- fungicidally — in a fungicidal manner
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hand luggage — carry-on baggage
- hand-launder — hand-wash.
- hardy annual — a plant that can withstand freezing temperatures and which completes its life cycle within a year
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- inadequately — not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
- inaudibility — not audible; incapable of being heard.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- indisputably — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- individual's — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- individually — one at a time; separately: The delegates were introduced individually.
- industrially — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- inequivalved — having the valves of the shell of a mollusk unequal in size
- infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- injudicially — in an unlawful manner
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- jamal ud-din — (Jamal ud-Din al-Afghani) 1838–97, Muslim educator and political leader, born in Persia: founder of modern Pan-Islamism.
- juan hidalgo — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), c1600–85, Spanish composer and harpist.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.