12-letter words containing u, n, c, a
- gracefulness — The state of being graceful.
- graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- 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.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- gum ammoniac — a brownish-yellow gum resin, having an acrid taste, occurring in tearlike fragments from a plant, Dorema ammoniacum, of western Asia: used in porcelain ceramics and in medicine as an expectorant and counterirritant.
- gun carriage — the structure on which a gun is mounted or moved and from which it is fired.
- gut of canso — Canso (def 2).
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- hallucinosis — a mental state characterized by repeated hallucinations.
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hoisin sauce — a thick, sweet, spicy condiment containing soybeans, sugar, garlic, and chili peppers, used in cooking or as an accompaniment to meat, fish, or poultry, especially Peking duck.
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- huayna capac — c1450–1527? Inca ruler of Peru 1493?–1527? (father of Atahualpa and Huascar).
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- hull balance — (of a sailing ship) the property of maintaining satisfactory trim and steering qualities when heeled at a normal angle.
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hunger march — a procession of protest or demonstration by the unemployed
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- in actuality — actually, in fact, in reality
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- in substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- in your face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- in-your-face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- inaccuracies — Plural form of inaccuracy.
- inaccurately — In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly.
- inadequacies — Plural form of inadequacy.
- inarticulate — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- inauspicious — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- incalculable — very numerous or great.
- incalculably — very numerous or great.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.