12-letter words containing u, n, s, o, a
- 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.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- delusionally — In a delusional way.
- desaturation — the addition of white light to a pure colour to produce a paler less saturated colour
- desquamation — to come off in scales, as the skin in certain diseases; peel off.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- diamond dust — pulverized diamonds, used as an abrasive.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- 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.
- disanalogous — not analogous
- discomedusan — a member of the Discomedusae, an order of jellyfish with flattened bodies
- discountable — That can be discounted (in all senses).
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discussional — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- 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.
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dodecandrous — (of a plant) having twelve stamens
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- educationese — the jargon associated with the field of education.
- educationist — a specialist in the theory and methods of education.
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- ejaculations — Plural form of ejaculation.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- emasculation — The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- enumerations — Plural form of enumeration.
- equalisation — Alternative spelling of equalization.
- equinoctials — Plural form of equinoctial.
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen