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12-letter words containing u, n, a, i, r

  • configurator — an item of software that enables or assists in the configuration of a product
  • congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
  • conjurations — Plural form of conjuration.
  • connaisseurs — Plural form of connaisseur.
  • conquistador — The conquistadors were the sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
  • containerful — As much as a container can hold.
  • contributary — contributory
  • contriturate — to triturate completely
  • conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
  • corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
  • corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
  • council area — any of the 32 unitary authorities into which Scotland has been divided for administrative purposes since April 1996
  • counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
  • counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
  • counterimage — a corresponding image
  • counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
  • countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
  • court action — a legal action
  • craniocaudal — (anatomy) From the cranial to the caudal end of a structure.
  • crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
  • crucian carp — a common cyprinid, Carassius carassius, that closely resembles the wild form of goldfish, occurring in streams in most parts of Europe and northern Asia.
  • cuprammonium — an ion of copper oxide used (in solution) in the manufacture of rayon and other man-made fibres
  • curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
  • curia romana — the body of congregations, offices, permanent commissions, etc., that assist the pope in the government and administration of the church.
  • curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
  • curtain call — In a theatre, when actors or performers take a curtain call, they come forward to the front of the stage after a performance in order to receive the applause of the audience.
  • curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
  • curtain line — the last line of a scene, act, etc., as in a play; tag line.
  • curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
  • curtain rail — a rail from which a curtain is hung
  • curtain ring — a wooden, plastic, or metal ring used to attach a curtain to a curtain pole
  • curtain time — the time at which a play or other performance is scheduled to begin.
  • curtain wall — a non-load-bearing external wall attached to a framed structure, often one that is prefabricated
  • dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
  • danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
  • darwin tulip — a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.
  • daughterling — a small daughter
  • david turner — (person)   Professor David A Turner. One of the pioneers of functional languages. He designed several languages, including, SASL (1976), KRC (1981), and Miranda, many of which were implemented using combinators and the S-K reduction machine which he defined. He coined the name "ZF expression" for the list comprehension. He worked at UKC and set up a company, Research Software Limited to market Miranda.
  • day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
  • decrustation — the act of removing a crust
  • defraudation — (obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
  • denaturalize — to deprive of nationality
  • denaturation — to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
  • denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
  • denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
  • deregulating — Present participle of deregulate.
  • deregulation — Deregulation is the removal of controls and restrictions in a particular area of business or trade.
  • desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
  • deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
  • dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
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