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12-letter words containing u, n, r, e, l

  • bunny boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
  • byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
  • calreticulin — (protein) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.
  • carbon value — an empirical measurement of the tendency of a lubricant to form carbon when in use
  • carillonneur — a person who plays a carillon
  • carnal abuse — Law. any lascivious contact with the sexual organs of a child by an adult, especially without sexual intercourse.
  • carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
  • caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
  • censoriously — In a censorious manner.
  • channel surf — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
  • channel-surf — to switch TV channels repeatedly using a remote-control device, usually so as to sample brief segments of programs
  • charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
  • cheerfulness — full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.
  • chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
  • churlishness — The state of being churlish.
  • circularness — The state or quality of being circular.
  • circumfluent — flowing around; surrounding; encompassing
  • civil unrest — Civil unrest is fighting between different groups of people living in the same country, and losses caused by this fighting are usually not covered by insurance.
  • clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
  • clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
  • clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
  • cloud banner — banner cloud.
  • cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
  • colorfulness — the quality of being colourful
  • colour index — the difference between the apparent magnitude of a star measured in one standard waveband and in a longer standard waveband, indicating its colour and temperature
  • column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
  • columnarized — columnar (def 3).
  • concurrently — occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.
  • configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • congratulate — If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
  • congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
  • conqueringly — in a conquering manner
  • containerful — As much as a container can hold.
  • contour line — a line on a map or chart joining points of equal height or depth
  • contrasexual — (of a woman) appearing to defy the female sexual stereotype by being content to be single and childless while being sexually active and financially independent
  • coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
  • council area — any of the 32 unitary authorities into which Scotland has been divided for administrative purposes since April 1996
  • council fire — a fire kept burning continually during a council of American Indians.
  • counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
  • counterbluff — a bluff made in opposition to another bluff
  • counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
  • counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
  • counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
  • counterplead — to plead the opposite of
  • counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
  • counterplots — Plural form of counterplot.
  • counterrally — an opposing rally
  • counterreply — a reply made in response to a reply; rejoinder.
  • counterspell — a spell or charm which acts against another spell, esp in fantasy or role-playing games
  • counterstyle — an opposing style
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