12-letter words containing u, n, c, a
- succedaneous — a substitute.
- successantly — in succession
- successional — the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
- succussation — a jolting or shaking
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- sultana cake — a cake that contains sultanas
- sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supernacular — relating to supernaculum
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- take counsel — receive advice
- talent scout — a person whose business it is to recognize and recruit persons of marked aptitude for a certain field or occupation, especially in entertainment or sports.
- tenure-track — of or relating to a college- or university-teaching job that can lead to a tenured position.
- teutonically — of or relating to the ancient Teutons.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- transcurrent — running or extending across or transversely.
- transductant — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- translucence — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- translucency — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trucial oman — a former name of United Arab Emirates.
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit
- tsunamigenic — producing a tsunami or tsunamis
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- turn a trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- umbilication — a central navellike depression.
- un-creatable — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- un-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.