12-letter words containing ue
- the conquest — the conquest by the United Kingdom of French North America, ending in 1763
- three-valued — of or relating to propositions having a value other than truth or falsity.
- tissue paper — a very thin, almost transparent paper used for wrapping delicate articles, covering illustrations in books, copying letters, etc.
- 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.
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- tongue graft — whip graft.
- tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- torque meter — a device designed to determine the torque or torsion in a shaft, usually by measuring the twist in a calibrated length of shafting
- triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- true colours — If you see someone in their true colours or if they show their true colours, you realize what they are really like.
- true to form — typical
- true to life — realistic
- true-hearted — faithful and loyal
- uncatalogued — not added to or detailed in a catalogue
- uncoquettish — not flirtatious
- unfrequented — not habitually visited, traveled, or occupied: an unfrequented side street.
- unfrequently — in an unfrequent manner
- unguentarium — a vessel for holding an unguent
- uninfluenced — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- uniquenesses — existing as the only one or as the sole example; single; solitary in type or characteristics: a unique copy of an ancient manuscript.
- unquenchable — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- unquenchably — in an unquenchable manner
- unquestioned — not open to doubt or question; undisputed: Dante's poetic mastery remains unquestioned.
- unsequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- value system — moral code, ethos
- verd antique — a green, mottled or impure serpentine, sold as a marble and much used for decorative purposes.
- virgin queen — Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- 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.
- vuelta abajo — a region in W Cuba.
- white plague — tuberculosis, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
- whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
- winter blues — a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness associated with experiencing the cold and darkness of winter