12-letter words containing u, n, s, c, e
- channel-surf — to switch TV channels repeatedly using a remote-control device, usually so as to sample brief segments of programs
- chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
- charge nurse — A charge nurse is a nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward.
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- cheerfulness — full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chinese burn — a minor torture inflicted by twisting the skin of a person's wrist or arm in two different directions simultaneously
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- churlishness — The state of being churlish.
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- circularness — The state or quality of being circular.
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- 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.
- cliquishness — The state of being cliquish.
- closed union — a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.
- closet queen — a man who is homosexual but does not admit the fact
- cluelessness — The state of being clueless.
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- cocaine bust — an arrest for the possession of cocaine
- cocksureness — The state or condition of being cocksure.
- colorfulness — the quality of being colourful
- column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
- come unstuck — If something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
- comes around — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- comeuppances — Plural form of comeuppance.
- commensurate — If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second.
- communicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communicate.
- concertstück — a composition in concerto style but shorter than a full concerto
- conchiferous — (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
- concientious — Misspelling of conscientious.
- conclusively — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- concupiscent — lustful or sensual.
- concurrences — Plural form of concurrence.
- conductances — Plural form of conductance.
- confusedness — The state or quality of being confused.
- confusticate — Slang. to confuse or perplex; bewilder.
- congruencies — congruence.
- connaisseurs — Plural form of connaisseur.
- connoisseurs — An expert judge in matters of taste.
- consanguined — Of kindred blood; related.
- conscientous — Misspelling of conscientious.
- consensually — formed or existing merely by consent: a consensual transaction.
- consequenced — Simple past tense and past participle of consequence.
- consequences — a game in which each player writes down a part of a story, folds over the paper, and passes it on to another player who continues the story. After several stages, the resulting (nonsensical) stories are read out
- consequently — Consequently means as a result.
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- conspectuses — Plural form of conspectus.
- constituency — A constituency is an area for which someone is elected as the representative in a parliament or government.