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12-letter words containing u, n, s

  • supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
  • supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
  • support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
  • supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • supraliminal — being above the threshold of perception of a stimulus.
  • supramundane — transcending the world
  • supranatural — beyond what is natural; supernatural.
  • surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
  • surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
  • surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
  • surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
  • surprisingly — causing surprise, wonder, or astonishment.
  • surrejoinder — a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's rejoinder.
  • surroundings — something that surrounds.
  • surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
  • suspenseless — lacking suspense
  • suspensorial — relating to a suspensorium
  • suspensorium — a part that supports or suspends, esp the mandibular suspensorium, which suspends the lower jaw from the skull
  • sustentation — maintenance in being or activity; the sustaining of life through vital processes.
  • sustentative — maintenance in being or activity; the sustaining of life through vital processes.
  • svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
  • swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
  • swiss muslin — a crisp, sheer muslin that is constructed in plain weave, bleached white or dyed, and often ornamented with raised dots or figures (dotted swiss) used chiefly in the manufacture of curtains and women's summer clothes.
  • synantherous — with united anthers
  • synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
  • synclinorium — a regional structure of general synclinal form that includes a series of smaller folds.
  • syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
  • synonymously — having the character of synonyms or a synonym; equivalent in meaning; expressing or implying the same idea.
  • tag question — Also called tag. a short interrogative structure appended to a statement or command, as isn't it in It's raining, isn't it?, are you in You're not going, are you?, or German nicht wahr.
  • take counsel — receive advice
  • talent scout — a person whose business it is to recognize and recruit persons of marked aptitude for a certain field or occupation, especially in entertainment or sports.
  • tasting menu — a fixed-price restaurant meal or menu consisting of small portions of numerous dishes: We ordered the 6-course tasting menu for $125.
  • telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
  • temporaneous — lasting a short while
  • tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
  • tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
  • thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
  • the business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
  • the conquest — the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
  • the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
  • the munchies — a craving for food, esp when induced by alcohol or drugs
  • the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
  • the snuffles — a condition characterized by snuffling
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
  • thoroughness — executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.
  • thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
  • through-sung — sung throughout, with no spoken dialogue
  • thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
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