12-letter words containing u, n, s, a, i, e
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pansexualism — the belief that a sexual instinct drives all human behaviour
- pansexualist — someone who is pansexual
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- passive noun — a noun whose referent is the recipient of an action, as trainee, multiplicand.
- pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- paying guest — lodger
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- porcelainous — made of or resembling porcelain
- pre-issuance — the act of issuing.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- pterosaurian — a pterosaur
- quackishness — The state or condition of being quackish.
- qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
- quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- quaternities — Plural form of quaternity.
- question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- quinceaneras — Plural form of quinceanera.
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- restauration — restoration
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes
- russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- sainte-beuve — Charles Augustin [sharl oh-gy-stan] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1804–69, French literary critic.
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- semiannually — occurring, done, or published every half year or twice a year; semiyearly.
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.