12-Letter Words Containing U

Mountaintop

Mountebank

Superlative adjective

Sad feeling

I needed a few pointers, and I was...

'I needed a few pointers, and I was...'

""Any of various fishes, especially of the genera Haplochromis and Tilapia, that carry their eggs and young in the mouth.""

""Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid. as, a mucilaginous liquid.""

Mucopeptide

Mucoprotein

Silly and confused

Confused mess for principal to take to writer

Confused

Mudslinging

Muliebrity

Mulishness

Curry-flavoured soup

Curry-flavored soup

Curry flavoured soup

Word with prefix multi-

Word with prefix multi-

Multicolor

Plural or third person singular

Noun (-ment)

Plural or third person singular

Having many aspects

Having many aspects or characteristics

Many-sided

Many and various

Of various kinds

Having many aspects

The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing.

Applying to many nations etc

Agreed by three or more parties

Involving several parties

Multilayer

Multilevel

Like many at the U.N.

Fluent in French, German and Italian, say

Word with prefix multi-

Word with prefix multi-

Multinomial

""Containing many nuclei; as, multinuclear cells. as, multinuclear cells.""

Involving many sections

Noun (-ure)

MULTIPLEXER multiplex

Multiplex

Multiplexor

The number which is to be multiplied by another number called the multiplier. See Note under Multiplication. multiplier. See Note under Multiplication.

Host put illicit rum with my round

Large number or variety

Great variety

Word with prefix multi-

Word with prefix multi-

Having many prongs.

Serving many functions

Adaptable, versatile

MULTISENSE

Offering or involving a variety of services: a multiservice agency for the elderly.

Multiskill

Plural or third person singular

Past tense or past participle

Having several stories: a multistory hotel.

Male (classy) left bird seeking directions - men can't seem to do it!

Past tense or past participle

Past tense or past participle

""Quality, state, or degree, of a multivalent element, atom, or radical.""

Multivalent

MULTIVARIATE

Big campus, today

Daily dietary supplement

Pill containing several food constituents

Producing several broods in a single season: multivoltine moths.

Word with prefix multi-

District with cup in Italy? I'm excited

""To bring under municipal oversight or control; as, a municipalized industry.as, a municipalized industry.""

Munificence

Munificent

Musculature

""The discipline of museum design, organization, and management.""

Museologist

MUSICALISE

Musicality

MUSICALIZE

Instrumental prowess - Pisa is Munich (anagram)

Skill in performance showing player is with it

Members of Scottish Chamber perhaps happening to show ability

Musicology

The historical and scientific study of music.

Mutability

The degree or measure of the ability to cause mutation{3}; -- said of mutagens.

Mutational

MUTINOUS disposed to mutiny

Muttonfish

MYCETOMA a fungus infection

In an incomprehensible and obscure manner

MYXEDEMA a disease caused by decreased activity of the thyroid gland

Natriuretic

NATURALISE

Based on real life

Imitating real life

True-to-life representation of acts in ritual

""NATURALIZE To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study. as, custom naturalizes labor or study.""

NATUROPATH

So as to sicken

NAUSEOUS affected with nausea

The act or process of nebulizing; atomization.

Nebulosity

NEBULOUS {unclear=adj}

Of or pertaining to the Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan. Necrophaga; eating carrion. See Necrophagan.

Neglectful

Adjacent, nearby

Adjoining

Nervous condition

Nervous debility

What could make you uneasier than debilitation (wordplay)

""A psychological disorder characterized by chronic fatigue and weakness, loss of memory, and generalized aches and pains, formerly thought to result from exhaustion of the nervous system. No longer in scientific use.""

Nerves

Science of the physiology of the nervous system

The study of the chemical composition and processes of the nervous system and the effects of chemicals on it.

Neurofibril

Pl. neurofibromas or neurofibromata (-m -t ) A usually benign tumor originating in peripheral nerve fibers and composed chiefly of neurilemma cells.

A hormone secreted by or acting on a part of the nervous system.

NEUROHUMOR

Neuroleptic

Of or pertaining to neurolgy.

Neurologist

Neuropathy

""Any of various short-chain peptides found in brain tissue, such as endorphins.""

Neuropteran

Neuropteral.

Medical knowhow cures niece? No, sadly!

Pavlov and Alzheimer's thing, generally

Of or relating to the sensory activity or functions of the nervous system: neurosensory cells.

Medical specialist ungenerous or nasty

One operating on brain, spinal cord, etc

O.R. specialist

Delicate operation hiding moola from France

NEUROTIC one affected with a neurosis

Neuroticism

Neurulation

NEUTRALISE

NEUTRALIST A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality.

Neutrality

Neutralizer

NEUTRALIZE To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.

""NEUTRINO a subatomic particle, also NEUTRON""

""NEUTROPHILE One of a group of leukocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes; it is the chief phagocytic leukocyte in the circulating blood, comprising from 54% to 65% of the total number of leukocytes.""

""NIGHTCLUB An establishment providing entertainment (as singers, dancers, or comedy acts), usually open late into the night or early morning, typically serving alcoholic beverages and food.""

Hot spot regular

Cloud that's bust in a storm, violently

Useful or valuable thing

System of naming

Neater column (anagram) - terminology

Strange manner to clue terminology

""AMBIGUOUS Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.""

Nonargument

AUTOMATED automate

Same as hand-operated.hand-operated.

Plural of gerund noun

""CANCEROUS Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth.as, a cancerous growth.""

COMMUNIST An advocate for the theory or practice of communism.

""COMMUNITY Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods. as, a community of goods.""

Word with prefix non-

CONCURRED concur

Material such as glass or porcelain

CONGRUENT Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding.

CONSCIOUS Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.

Nonconsumer

CONSUMING consume

Plural or third person singular

Inflected form of CRUSHABLE Inflected form of CRUSH to press out of shape

CUSTODIAL Relating to custody or guardianship.

Noncustomer

DEDUCTIVE Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.

""EDUCATION The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.""

""EXCLUSIVE Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society. as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.""

(Of directors) only advisory

Nonfluency

""FRIVOLOUS Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument. as, a frivolous argument.""

""Inflected form of GLAMOROUS Inflected form of GLAMOR to bewitch, also GLAMOUR""

Nongraduate

HAZARDOUS Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.

""INCLUSION The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. as, the lines of inclusion of his policy.""

INCUMBENT Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

INDUCTIVE Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; usually followed by to. to.

INFLUENCE A flowing in or upon; influx.

""INSURANCE The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6. premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6.""

INTRUSIVE Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome.

""INTUITIVE Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision. as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.""

Nonlanguage

""MERCURIAL Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament. as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament.""

""MOLECULAR Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc. as, molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc.""

""MUNICIPAL Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers. as, municipal rights; municipal officers.""

Nonmusician

Without a nucleus.

Inflected form of NUMERICAL Inflected form of NUMERIC a {numeral=n}

""NUTRITIVE Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries. as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries.""

""PETROLEUM Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc.""

POISONOUS Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.

POLLUTING pollute

PRODUCING produce

PURPOSIVE Having or indicating purpose or design.

Not recurring.

Nonrecurrent.

""REDUNDANT Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food. as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.""

REGULATED regulate

""RELIGIOUS Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars. as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.""

Plural or third person singular

Nonruminant

Not on the roster of events

Nonsolution

Nonsuccess

""TURBULENT Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean. as, the turbulent ocean.""

""UNANIMOUS Being of one mind; agreeing in opinion, design, or determination; consentient; not discordant or dissentient; harmonious; as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous. as, the assembly was unanimous; the members of the council were unanimous.""

UNIONIZED unionize

""UNIVERSAL Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; allreaching; allpervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice. as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice.""

Nonutility

VOLUNTARY Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice.

Nourishment

""The basic structure of a virus, consisting of a core of nucleic acid enclosed in a protein coat.""

Nucleophile

NUCLEOPHILE

Nucleoplasm

An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a nucleotide to a nucleoside and phosphoric acid.

Numerology

Believer in occult significance of numbers

NUMEROUS {many=adj}