13-letter words containing a, r, i, u, s
- understaffing — the condition of being understaffed or of lacking a number of employees
- understanding — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- undescribable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- undiscernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undistracting — not distracting; not showy or ostentatious
- unicameralism — consisting of a single chamber, as a legislative assembly.
- unilateralism — the advocacy or pursuit of a unilateral policy, especially in disarmament.
- unilateralist — a person or organization that believes in acting independently, without reference to other parties
- unillustrated — not containing illustrations
- universal set — the set of all objects or elements considered in a given problem
- universalness — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
- unministerial — not befitting a minister, esp relating to a head of a government department
- unnecessarily — not necessary or essential; needless; unessential.
- unparasitized — not host to a parasite or parasites
- unpasteurized — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unsecularized — to make secular; separate from religious or spiritual connection or influences; make worldly or unspiritual; imbue with secularism.
- unserviceable — not suitable to be used
- unspiritually — in an unspiritual manner
- unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
- unsymmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- unterrestrial — not terrestrial; not of or pertaining to this world; other-worldly; extra-terrestrial; heavenly
- untransmitted — to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
- untrespassing — not trespassing or infringing
- upper austria — a province in N Austria. 4631 sq. mi. (11,995 sq. km). Capital: Linz.
- upper silesia — a highly industrialized region divided between Germany and Poland after World War I.
- urban studies — the various disciplines associated with the study of urban areas, including urban planning, urban economics and urban architecture
- vanilla sugar — sugar which has been infused with vanilla
- vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
- varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
- vasa murrhina — an American art glass, consisting of colored glass dusted with flakes or grains of metal and flashed with clear glass.
- vascularities — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- veraciousness — characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest in content: a veracious statement; a veracious account.
- vernacularism — a vernacular word or expression.
- vernacularist — someone who uses vernacular speech
- vicariousness — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- vide ut supra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see as above
- visual artist — someone involved in the arts of painting, sculpting, photography, etc, as opposed to music, drama, and literature
- visual binary — a binary star having components that are sufficiently separated to be resolved by a telescope.
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- visual foxpro — (database) A Microsoft database derived from Fox Software's FoxPRO.
- visual purple — rhodopsin.
- voluntariness — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- voluntaristic — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- water biscuit — a crackerlike biscuit prepared from flour and water.
- white mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
- winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.