12-letter words containing u, n, s, t, e
- beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
- bismuthinite — a grey mineral consisting of bismuth sulphide in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in veins associated with tin, copper, silver, lead, etc, and is a source of bismuth. Formula: Bi2S3
- biting louse — any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga, such as the chicken louse: external parasites of birds and mammals with biting mouthparts
- blue stilton — a rich cheese made from whole milk, blue-veined and very strong in flavour
- blue-singlet — working-class
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- broncobuster — (in the western US and Canada) a cowboy who breaks in broncos or wild horses
- burnt sienna — a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
- bush singlet — a black woollen singlet often worn by farm labourers
- cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- cautiousness — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
- cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
- census taker — a person who gathers information for a census.
- census tract — a standard area in certain large American cities used by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for purposes of population enumeration.
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- 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
- 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.
- closet queen — a man who is homosexual but does not admit the fact
- 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
- come unstuck — If something comes unstuck, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
- 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
- concientious — Misspelling of conscientious.
- concupiscent — lustful or sensual.
- conductances — Plural form of conductance.
- confusticate — Slang. to confuse or perplex; bewilder.
- conscientous — Misspelling of conscientious.
- 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.
- constituents — serving to compose or make up a thing; component: the constituent parts of a motor.
- constitutive — having power to enact, appoint, or establish
- constructers — Plural form of constructer.
- constructive — A constructive discussion, comment, or approach is useful and helpful rather than negative and unhelpful.
- constructure — a construction
- consultative — A consultative committee or document gives advice or makes proposals about a particular problem or subject.
- consumerists — Plural form of consumerist.
- consummately — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- consummative — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.