12-letter words containing u, n, s
- nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
- nurserywomen — Plural form of nurserywoman.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- nutmeg state — Connecticut (used as a nickname).
- nutritionist — a person who is trained or expert in the science of nutrition.
- nutritiously — In a way that provides nutrition; nourishment; food.
- oamaru stone — a kind of limestone, of building quality, found at Oamaru on South Island, New Zealand
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obmutescence — persistent silence
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- odd-sounding — sounding or seeming strange or unusual
- odontomatous — relating to an odontoma
- of substance — wealthy
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- oil industry — petroleum-processing business
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- oleoresinous — pertaining to, characteristic of, or containing oleoresin.
- olympus mons — the highest of the giant shield volcanoes on Mars, lying 18°N of the equator. Height: 26 km; base diameter: over 600 km
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- on all fours — all four limbs or extremities; the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person: The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours.
- on soundings — in waters less than 100 fathoms in depth
- on suspicion — as a suspect
- on the house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.
- on your side — If something is on your side or if you have it on your side, it helps you when you are trying to achieve something.
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- opportunists — Plural form of opportunist.
- oracularness — the state of being oracular
- ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- ostentatious — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
- otacousticon — (now rare) An instrument to aid hearing, such as an ear trumpet or hearing aid.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outdatedness — the state of being outdated
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- outgoingness — The state or condition of being outgoing; gregariousness, extroversion.