12-letter words containing u, n, c
- angiocarpous — being or having fruit contained in a vessel such as a shell
- animalculism — the theory explaining psychological and pathological phenomena through animalcules
- animalculist — a person who subscribes to the theory of animalculism
- animalculous — a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
- announceable — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- announcement — An announcement is a statement made to the public or to the media which gives information about something that has happened or that will happen.
- annunciating — Present participle of annunciate.
- annunciation — In Christianity, the Annunciation was the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she was going to give birth to the son of God.
- annunciators — Plural form of annunciator.
- annunciatory — to announce.
- antebrachium — (anatomy) The forearm.
- anthocarpous — resembling or pertaining to an anthocarp
- anti-nuclear — opposed to military and industrial applications of nuclear energy and to technologies which produce radioactive waste products
- antibacchius — a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, of which the first two are long and the third is short
- antibrachium — (anatomy) alternative spelling of antebrachium.
- anticonsumer — opposed to consumerism
- anticultural — against culture or civilization
- antidiuretic — (of a hormone, treatment, etc) acting on the kidneys to control water excretion
- antileukemic — acting against leukemia
- antineuritic — inflammation of a nerve.
- antinucleons — Plural form of antinucleon.
- antiochus iv — ?215–164 bc, Seleucid king of Syria (175–164), who attacked the Jews and provoked the revolt of the Maccabees
- antipruritic — acting against or preventing itching
- anuszkiewicz — Richard Joseph, born 1930, U.S. op-art painter.
- apocynaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Apocynaceae, a family of mostly tropical flowering plants with latex in their stems, including the dogbane, periwinkle, oleander, and some lianas
- appendicular — relating to an appendage or appendicle
- appurtenance — a secondary or less significant thing or part
- aquaintances — Plural form of aquaintance.
- archosaurian — belonging to or characteristic of the archosaurs
- articulating — Present participle of articulate.
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- assuefaction — the condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something
- astronautics — the science and technology of space flight
- asynchronous — An asynchronous electric machine is one in which the magnetic field and the rotation are not exactly the same.
- au contraire — on the contrary
- auction room — a room in a building where auctions take place
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- auction site — a commercial website on which items are sold by internet auction
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- auscultating — Present participle of auscultate.
- auscultation — the diagnostic technique in medicine of listening to the various internal sounds made by the body, usually with the aid of a stethoscope
- authenticate — If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it.
- authenticity — the quality or state of being authentic; reliability; genuineness
- autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
- autochthonal — Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
- autochthones — Alternative spelling of autochthons.
- autochthonic — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autohypnotic — Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
- autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.