12-letter words containing u, s, t, i, o, n
- tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
- tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transpicuous — transparent.
- transudation — the act or process of transuding.
- transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
- trunk piston — a piston with a long skirt to take the side thrust, as in an automobile engine.
- tube station — an underground station where underground trains depart and leave, esp in London
- turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
- ufo sighting — the sighting of a UFO
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- 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.
- unconsenting — to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive): He consented to the proposal. We asked her permission, and she consented.
- unconstraint — lack of constraint: Their home has a feeling of unconstraint and warm hospitableness.
- uncontinuous — uninterrupted in time; without cessation: continuous coughing during the concert.
- uncoquettish — not flirtatious
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- unfastidious — not fastidious; not fussy; not appropriately concerned with detail or cleanliness
- unfortuitous — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- ungenerosity — the state of being ungenerous
- ungratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- union buster — any of a group of persons hired by a company to disperse picketers, end a strike or job action, etc., especially by violence or intimidation.
- unit process — any of a number of standard operations, such as filtration or distillation, that are widely used in various chemical and process industries
- unoptimistic — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- unpassionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- unpoliteness — the quality or state of being impolite
- unpropitious — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- unprotesting — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- unquestioned — not open to doubt or question; undisputed: Dante's poetic mastery remains unquestioned.
- unsanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- unsaturation — not saturated; having the power to dissolve still more of a substance.
- unscottified — not Scottish; taken out of a Scottish context
- unsolicitous — not solicitous
- unstationary — standing still; not moving.
- unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
- unsupporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- unsupportive — giving support.
- unubiquitous — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- unvirtuously — in an unvirtuous manner; not virtuously; without virtue
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- 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
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- 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.
- vitiliginous — a skin disorder characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body, caused by the loss of the natural pigment.