12-letter words containing u, n, m, i, t, o
- contumelious — rude in a contemptuous way; insulting and humiliating
- cosmonautics — astronautics, especially as applied to space flight.
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- countermined — Simple past tense and past participle of countermine.
- countermines — Plural form of countermine.
- country mile — a long way
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- cutting room — The cutting room in a film production company is the place where the film is edited.
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
- demodulating — Present participle of demodulate.
- demodulation — the act or process by which an output wave or signal is obtained having the characteristics of the original modulating wave or signal; the reverse of modulation
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- deuteronomic — of, relating to, or resembling Deuteronomy, especially the laws contained in that book.
- diamond dust — pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.
- discommunity — a lack of community
- docutainment — infotainment (def 2).
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- engine mount — The engine mount is the part of the chassis on which an engine is supported.
- enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- eurocentrism — Alternative capitalization of Eurocentrism.
- euroterminal — a railway terminus from which trans-European trains operate
- evolutionism — (countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- flammulation — a small flame-shaped marking, esp those seen on some birds
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
- humanization — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- illumination — an act or instance of illuminating.
- illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
- illuminatory — Increasing informative qualities; explanatory.
- immunisation — (British, immunology) alternative spelling of immunization.
- immunization — the fact or process of becoming immune, as against a disease.
- immunologist — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.