12-Letter Words Starting with U

Too profound to grasp

Incapable of being fully understood

A humble fan to be moved, too deep for words

FERTILIZED united with a male gamete to begin the development of an individual embryo; -- of female gametes.

Unflagging

""FLAMBOYANT Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.""

FLATTERING flatter

Big foul raven could be allowed no excuses

FORMULATED reduced to a systematic form; reduced to a formula.

Unfortunate

""Rarely visited; seldom or never resorted to by human beings; as, an unfrequented place or forest. as, an unfrequented place or forest.""

Unfruitful

The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness.

GENEROSITY Noble birth.

In an ungenerous manner.

GENTRIFIED gentrify

""Inflected form of GERMINATED Inflected form of GERMINATE To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.""

Inflected form of GLAMORIZED Inflected form of GLAMORIZE

Impossible to control

Ungraceful

Ungracious

Without thanking one from Roquefort, prepare all the cheese

Unhandsome

Unharness

A foreign fitness centre? Radical and best starting off for the most unfit!

Showing no doubt

""HISTORICAL Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.as, an historical poem; the historic page.""

Unholiness

Inflected form of HYDROLYZED Inflected form of HYDROLYZE

""HYPHENATED United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or hyphened word. as, a hyphenated or hyphened word.""

HYSTERICAL Of or pertaining to hysteria.

Unicameral

Not recognised

Mysterious affair seen briefly coming over in profundity (wordplay)

Unification

UNIFOLIOLATE

Uniformity

In a one sided way

University making delayed recovery on its own

50 per cent of unions delayed protest, not acting with others

ILLUSIONED under an illusion

Impossible to comprehend

Impossible to conceive

Staggering university graduate with two drinks, hugging bachelor

Inflected form of IMAGINABLY Inflected form of IMAGINE to form a mental picture of

""IMPRESSIVE Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene. as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.""

Not affected (by)

""Inflected form of INOCULATED Inflected form of INOCULATE To bud; to insert, or graft, as the bud of a tree or plant in another tree or plant.""

INSTRUCTED instruct

INTEGRATED Formed or united into a whole.

Bored teen isn't rude, surprisingly

Having no care in knowing

Apathetic rude teen isn't misbehaving

False insinuation containing zero evidence of workplace activism

""IONIZATION the process of converting neutral atoms or molecules into ions. The process may occur by dissolving an ionic substance in a dissociating solvent, such as water, or by adding or subtracting an electron to or from an atom or molecule. The latter process occurs, for example, in an electron beam in a mass spectrometer and by interaction of substances with ionizing radiation.ionizing radiation.""

Uniqueness

""Inflected form of IRONICALLY Inflected form of IRONICAL pertaining to irony, also IRONIC""

Inflected form of IRRADIATED Inflected form of IRRADIATE To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.

""UNISEXUAL Having one sex only, as plants which have the male and female flowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the sexes are in separate individuals; di&oe;cious; distinguished from bisexual, or hermaphrodite. See Di&oe;cious. bisexual, or hermaphrodite. See Di&oe;cious.""

Religious doctrine

Narnia? Um, is it about Christian doctrine (wordplay)

A single heretical principle? (Defended by Priestley)

Unitization

""The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or made happy, in the future state.""

One who believes in Universalism; one of a denomination of Christians holding this faith.

Applicability to all cases

Film studio finds it with unknown quantity existing everywhere

To make universal; to generalize.

Harvard and MIT, for example

Gorky claimed these seats of learning

Clemson and others

Unjustness

Unkennel

Unkindness.

Unkindness

Illegal activity, except when dreadful villain finally is put inside

Absence of likelihood.

The quality or state of being unlikely.

Unlikeness

Inflected form of LISTENABLE Inflected form of LISTEN to try to hear

LOVELINESS The state or quality of being lovely.

Hard to control

Impossible to control

Recalcitrant

Inflected form of MANAGEABLY Inflected form of MANAGE to control or direct

Unmannered

Not sellable

Immeasurable.

Not mechanized.

Without letup

Not confusable with anything else

Make Istanbul out to be distinctive

Clear - obvious

Inflected form of MISTAKABLY Inflected form of MISTAKE to interpret wrongly

Inflected form of MODERNIZED Inflected form of MODERNIZE To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.

Unmorality

""Inflected form of MYELINATED Inflected form of MYELINE a fatty substance that covers certain nerve fibres, also MYELIN""

""NEGOTIABLE Capable of being negotiated; transferable by assigment or indorsement to another person; as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange. as, a negotiable note or bill of exchange.""

""NEWSWORTHY Sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper; as, a dog biting a man is not a newsworthy item.as, a dog biting a man is not a newsworthy item.""

Unnilhexium

See dubnium .

See rutherfordium .

Not easily observed

NOURISHING nourish

OBSERVABLE Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable.

OBSTRUCTED obstruct

OBTAINABLE Capable of being obtained.

Not in an authorised manner

Simple switch turned on to receive call

Unorthodox

""Inflected form of OXYGENATED Inflected form of OXYGENATE To unite, or cause to combine, with oxygen; to treat with oxygen; to oxidize; as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide). as, oxygenated water (hydrogen dioxide).""

Tops by a considerable margin

Unique, unlike bar used by gymnast

Not equalled

That cannot be forgiven

Impossible to forgive

PATENTABLE Suitable to be patented; capable of being patented.

PERCEPTIVE Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

Not convincing

Unpleasant

Lack of mass appeal

A low approval rating indicates it

Great lack of appeal

Free from bias

Not biased

Unbiased

PRETENDING pretend

Having no morals

Lacking moral scruples

Lacking integrity

""PRIVILEGED Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity.""

Sterile

Not beneficial

A French master's story about sex is useless

Inflected form of PROFITABLY Inflected form of PROFIT to gain an advantage or benefit

PROGRAMMED program

PRONOUNCED Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided.

Boding ill

PROSPEROUS Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.

Inflected form of PUBLICIZED Inflected form of PUBLICIZE

""Inflected form of PUNCTUATED Inflected form of PUNCTUATE To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.""

Inextinguishable; unsatisfiable

Fully accepted.

Beyond doubt

Not challenged

REALIZABLE Capable of being realized.

That's irrational, dear

Beyond acceptable limits

Beano's unreal, mad, far-fetched

REASONABLY In a reasonable manner.

RECOGNIZED

Not brought together

Inflected form of RECYCLABLE Inflected form of RECYCLE to process waste materials

""REDEEMABLE Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable. as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable.""

Not like the Mirror? I don't think so

Not reforming or repenting

Not showing repentance

Showing no repentance

Off the record, international body had an impact

Buckled under, skirting main point, before being off the record

REINFORCED

Unrelieved

Not particularly surprising

Real number around about a thousand, back as standard

Inflected form of REMARKABLY Inflected form of REMARK to say briefly or casually

REMEMBERED remember

Too shocking to be said again

No encore for such a performance? That's gross!

Every sled run is different? Absolutely

Without hesitation

Without qualification

""RESOLVABLE Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties. as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.""

Not reacting to stimuli

Cool prison venues to be redesigned

Not answering

Rampant disorder was rampant, say

Dreariest nun can be wild!

Not tied up

Unrestraint

Accessible to all

Not limited

Accessible to all reproducing red tinctures

Not to be taken back

REVIEWABLE Capable of being reviewed.

""RHETORICAL Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish. as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.""

Unripeness

Unruliness

Not approved

Star loses the head, is supported and isn't punished

Not rigorously investigated

Not systematic or methodical in thought

Lacking a satisfactory analytical process

Unscrambler

Man rings club members - that's the procedure with clues like this

""SCRIPTURAL Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine. as, a scriptural doctrine.""

Lacking moral principles.

Devoid of moral principles

Corrupt organisation can be ethical

Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.

UNSEARCHABLE Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious.

Odd for the time of year

*Like Indian summer weather

Unusual for the time of year

Inflected form of SEASONABLY Inflected form of SEASON to improve flavour

The quality or state of being unseemly; unbecomingness.

Not set apart

""Inflected form of SENSITIZED Inflected form of SENSITIZE To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate. as, sensitized paper or plate.""

""The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance.""

Unsettling

SIGHTLIEST sightly

Unskillful

""STABLENESS The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.""

Shakiness; lack of regularity

Shaky state

Shakiness

""Inflected form of STERILIZED Inflected form of STERILIZE To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.""

In a very generous manner

Unstopper

""Not stratified; applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata.""

Loose, in today's world

""Inflected form of SUBSIDIZED Inflected form of SUBSIDIZE To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line. as, to subsidize a steamship line.""

Not achieving one's aim

Not accomplishing aim

Not achieving

Not overseen

SURPRISING surprise

Not aware of danger

Not aware of present danger

Off guard, trustful

SUSPICIOUS Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.

Not methodical

Lacking method

Not ordered

TENABILITY The quality or state of being tenable; tenableness.

By implication, fat royal without consideration

Untidiness

Unseasonableness.

Part of an important global problem

Korn's current album

TOWARDNESS Quality or state of being toward.

TRANSLATED

Untruthful

""Inflected form of VACCINATED Inflected form of VACCINATE To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows. vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.""

""Inflected form of VENTILATED Inflected form of VENTILATE To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine. as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine.""

Inflected form of VERBALIZED Inflected form of VERBALIZE To convert into a verb; to verbify.

VERIFIABLE Capable of being verified; confirmable.

Unwariness

UNWASHED an ignorant or underprivileged group

Unwavering

WIELDINESS

WONTEDNESS The quality or state of being accustomed.

WORTHINESS The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.

Unyielding

They restore plush to order

Upholstery

Covering furniture

Uppercut

Uppishness

Uppitiness

Uppityness

Uproarious