12-letter words containing u, n, s
- untumultuous — not tumultuous or turbulent; calm; peaceful
- unubiquitous — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- unusefulness — lack of usefulness; uselessness
- unvanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- unvirtuously — in an unvirtuous manner; not virtuously; without virtue
- unwashedness — the quality or state of being unwashed
- unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
- unworshipful — not worshipful; not showing reverence or admiration
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- urban forest — the trees and plants within a city.
- urban sprawl — the uncontrolled spread of urban development into neighboring regions.
- urbanisation — the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
- urbanologist — a sociologist specializing in urban life and problems
- use immunity — a type of immunity guaranteeing that the testimony of the witness will not be used as evidence against him or her in court, although he or she can still be prosecuted on evidence of others.
- usuriousness — the quality or state of being usurious
- vaginicolous — living in a sheath
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- valuableness — having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price: a valuable painting; a valuable crop.
- vengefulness — desiring or seeking vengeance; vindictive: a vengeful attitude.
- venus figure — Venus (def 3).
- venus's-hair — a delicate maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris.
- verbenaceous — belonging to the plant family Verbenaceae.
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- villainously — having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
- virtuousness — conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
- viscountship — the position of being a viscount
- vision quest — (especially among some North American Indians) the ritual seeking of personal communication with the spirit world through visions that are induced by fasting, prayer, and other measures during a time of isolation: typically undertaken by an adolescent male.
- visual angle — the angle subtended by an object at the lens of the eye
- visual range — Meteorology. visibility (def 3).
- vitiliginous — a skin disorder characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body, caused by the loss of the natural pigment.
- vitreousness — the state of being vitreous
- voluminously — forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes: a voluminous edition.
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- volunteerism — voluntarism (def 2).
- voluntourism — tourism in which travellers do voluntary work to help communities or the environment in the places they are visiting
- vso language — a type of language that has basic verb-subject-object word order, as Welsh, classical Arabic, or Tagalog.
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- warehouseman — a person who stores goods for others for pay.
- warehousemen — Irregular plural form of warehouseman.
- washfountain — a large, usually circular wash basin, as in an industrial plant, in which a spray of water activated by foot pedal allows several workers to wash simultaneously.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land
- wastefulness — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- watts-dunton — (Walter) Theodore (Walter Theodore Watts) 1832–1914, English poet, novelist, and critic.
- westinghouse — George, 1846–1914, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.
- whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
- wilton house — a mansion in Wilton in Wiltshire: built for the 1st Earl of Pembroke in the 16th century; rebuilt after a fire in 1647 by Inigo Jones and John Webb; altered in the 19th century by James Wyatt; landscaped grounds include a famous Palladian bridge
- wind-sucking — cribbing (def 1).
- wineglassful — the capacity of a wineglass, typically containing four to six fluid ounces.