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12-letter words containing u, n, s, a, r

  • charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
  • circularness — The state or quality of being circular.
  • circulations — Plural form of circulation.
  • circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
  • clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
  • claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
  • colourations — Plural form of colouration.
  • comes around — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
  • commensurate — If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second.
  • conjurations — Plural form of conjuration.
  • connaisseurs — Plural form of connaisseur.
  • conquistador — The conquistadors were the sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
  • constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
  • consultatory — Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
  • consummatory — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
  • contractures — Plural form of contracture.
  • 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
  • conurbations — Plural form of conurbation.
  • coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
  • corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
  • corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
  • cosurfactant — a surfactant that acts in addition to another surfactant, further reducing the surface tension of a liquid
  • counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
  • countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
  • counterpanes — Plural form of counterpane.
  • counterparts — a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function: Our president is the counterpart of your prime minister.
  • counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
  • counterscarp — the outer side of the ditch of a fort
  • countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
  • counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
  • counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
  • counterstate — across state; traversing the state
  • countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
  • country seat — A country seat is a large house with land in the country which is owned by someone who also owns a house in a town.
  • crassamentum — a blood clot
  • crassulacean — as in crassulacean acid metabolism, a method of photosynthesis
  • crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
  • curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
  • curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
  • decrustation — the act of removing a crust
  • dental nurse — a dentist's assistant, esp one who passes instruments, mixes fillings, etc
  • desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
  • dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
  • disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
  • discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
  • disenamoured — to disillusion; disenchant (usually used in the passive and followed by of or with): He was disenamored of working in the city.
  • disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
  • disturbances — Plural form of disturbance.
  • dodecandrous — (of a plant) having twelve stamens
  • dreadfulness — The characteristic of being dreadful.
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