12-letter words containing u, n, i, t, e
- guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- guaranteeing — a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- guide center — a command to a marching formation to align itself behind a guide marching at the head of the formation.
- guilt-ridden — If a person is guilt-ridden, they feel very guilty about something.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- guttersnipes — Plural form of guttersnipe.
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- habitualness — The characteristic of being habitual.
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- haute-vienne — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
- head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- honest injun — honestly (used to emphasize the truth of a statement).
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- Îles du vent — a group of islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia in the W Society Archipelago: Moorea, Maio (Tubuai Manu), and Mehetia and Tetiaroa. Pop: 184 222 (2002)
- illaqueation — the act of ensnaring
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- immatureness — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- impudentness — Quality of being impudent.
- in (the) bud — in the time of budding
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- in miniature — on a smaller scale
- in perpetuum — for ever
- in substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- in the nuddy — in the nude; naked
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- in the round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- in-and-outer — a person who is by turns in and out of a particular situation, condition, venture, investment, etc.
- in-congruent — not congruent.