12-letter words containing u, n, s, i, g
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- ignis fatuus — Also called friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp. a flitting phosphorescent light seen at night, chiefly over marshy ground, and believed to be due to spontaneous combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
- illustrating — Present participle of illustrate.
- immunologist — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- incontiguous — not continuous; unconnected; discrete
- indigenously — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- indologenous — producing or causing the production of indole.
- indulgencies — indulgence.
- ingloriously — In an inglorious manner.
- ingurgitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingurgitate.
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- insurgencies — Plural form of insurgency.
- interregnums — Plural form of interregnum.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- jogging suit — an outfit consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt, used while exercising or as sportswear.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- king's scout — (in Great Britain) a boy scout who has achieved the highest level of scouting: similar to the U.S. eagle scout.
- kneeling bus — a bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- laguna hills — a city in SW California.
- langoustines — Plural form of langoustine.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- laser tuning — a technique for adjusting a laser's output frequency to within a specific range, especially in semiconductors.
- laughing gas — nitrous oxide.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- ligurian sea — a part of the Mediterranean between Corsica and the NW coast of Italy.
- linguistical — (not in technical use) linguistic.
- living trust — a trust that takes effect during the lifetime of the settlor.
- loganiaceous — belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae.
- long residue — Long residue is the heaviest fraction from the crude oil distillation process.
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
- meetinghouse — A Quaker place of worship.
- menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
- message unit — a measure of the duration of and distance covered by local telephone calls, used by telephone companies as a basis for assessing service charges.
- messeigneurs — plural of Monseigneur.
- microsurgeon — a person who performs microsurgery