12-letter words containing u, n, s, t, i, l
- sitting bull — 1834–90, American Indian warrior: leader of the Hunkpapa; victor at Little Bighorn, 1876.
- sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
- slopping out — In prisons where prisoners have to use buckets as toilets, slopping out is the practice in which they empty the buckets.
- slumpflation — a situation in which economic depression is combined with increasing inflation
- solifluction — creep (def 22a).
- solitudinous — the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
- solution set — the roots or values satisfying a given equation or inequality, or a set of simultaneous equations or inequalities
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- spinulescent — producing spines
- spitefulness — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- stanislaus i — (Stanislaus Leszczynski) 1677–1766, king of Poland 1704–09, 1733–35.
- steubenville — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- studdingsail — a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.
- student file — a file containing information about each student in a school, college, etc, such as demographic information and information about grades, etc
- stunt flying — the activity or practice of performing stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublineation — an underlining
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- suit oneself — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
- supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- ultradistant — extremely distant
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- unassistedly — in an unassisted manner
- uncle tomism — a policy of relationship between whites and blacks involving a benevolent but patronizing attitude on the part of the whites and a willingly submissive attitude on the part of the blacks.
- undigestible — indigestible.
- undismantled — not dismantled or disassembled; complete, in one piece
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- undisputedly — to engage in argument or debate.
- undivestedly — in an undivested manner
- unhesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unidealistic — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
- uninvestable — that can be invested.
- uniseriately — in a uniseriate manner
- unisexuality — of or relating to one sex only.