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12-letter words containing u, n, a, d

  • around about — Around about means approximately.
  • arseniureted — combined with arsenic
  • arts student — a person studying an arts subject
  • assumed bond — a bond issued by one corporation and assumed as an obligation by another.
  • assumed name — If you do something under an assumed name, you do it using a name that is not your real name.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • autoxidation — oxidation by exposure to atmospheric oxygen
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • banner cloud — a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak. Also called cloud banner. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
  • barbados nut — an ornamental, tropical American tree, Jatropha curcas, of the spurge family, having ivylike leaves, small, yellow or greenish-yellow flowers, and olive-shaped fruit yielding a purgative, poisonous oil.
  • basset hound — A basset hound is a dog with short strong legs, a long body, and long ears. It is kept as a pet or used for hunting.
  • battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
  • bay of fundy — an inlet of the Atlantic in SE Canada, between S New Brunswick and W Nova Scotia: remarkable for its swift tides of up to 21 m (70 ft)
  • beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
  • bechuanaland — former British territory (1884-1966) in S Africa: now the country of Botswana
  • 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
  • bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
  • bradmanesque — (of a batsman or innings) reminiscent of Sir Don Bradman in terms of dominance over the opposing bowlers
  • brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
  • break ground — to do something that has not been done before
  • bring around — If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
  • bubble dance — a solo dance by a nude or nearly nude woman, as in a burlesque show, using one or more balloons for covering.
  • 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.
  • buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
  • burial mound — a barrow
  • burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
  • 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.
  • car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
  • card counter — a casino player who memorizes or records which cards have been played in previous hands in order to calculate the odds on receiving winning cards or combinations from those remaining to be dealt, the practice often being held as illegal.
  • 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
  • carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
  • chandragupta — Greek name Sandracottos. died ?297 bc, ruler of N India, who founded the Maurya dynasty (325) and defeated Seleucus (?305)
  • change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
  • changearound — the act of changing to a different position
  • churchwarden — In the Anglican Church, a churchwarden is the person who has been chosen by a congregation to help the vicar of a parish with administration and other duties.
  • clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
  • claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
  • claudication — limping; lameness
  • cloud banner — banner cloud.
  • coloquintida — colocynth (defs 1, 2).
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