12-letter words containing u, n, t, i, r, e
- sternutation — the act of sneezing.
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
- storage unit — rented space to store items
- strain gauge — Geology. a type of extensometer designed for geophysical use.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
- superevident — extremely or very evident
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
- superstition — a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
- supervenient — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- tau neutrino — a hypothetical type of neutrino that would obey a conservation law together with the tau lepton, with the total number of tau leptons and tau neutrinos minus the total number of their antiparticles remaining constant.
- technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
- teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- tinea cruris — jock itch.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- to ring true — If a statement rings true, it seems to be true or genuine. If it rings hollow, it does not seem to be true or genuine.
- tranquilizer — a person or thing that tranquilizes.
- tranquillize — To tranquillize a person or an animal means to make them become calm, sleepy, or unconscious by means of a drug.
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- trumpet vine — trumpet creeper.
- trunk engine — an engine having a trunk piston or pistons.
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbellarian — belonging to the Turbellaria, a class of platyhelminths or flatworms, mostly aquatic and having cilia on the body surface.
- turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
- un-disrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.