13-letter words containing a, u, s, o
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nonscandalous — Not scandalous.
- nonsensuality — The state or condition of being nonsensual.
- nonsequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- nonstructural — Not structural; not related to a structure.
- nonsustaining — Not sustaining; having an end.
- north augusta — a city in W South Carolina.
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- not a sausage — nothing at all
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- numismatology — Numismatics.
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
- old ritualist — Raskolnik.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- on a suddenty — suddenly, unexpectedly
- on sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- on the square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- on your marks — On your marks in British English, or on your mark in American English, is a command given to runners at the beginning of a race in order to get them into the correct position to start.
- one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- onus probandi — the burden of proof.
- open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- oraculousness — the state of being oraculous
- oral solution — An oral solution is a medicine in liquid form for drinking.
- orange squash — an orange-flavoured drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water
- orthognathous — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- osmoregulator — Any organism that practices osmoregulation.
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- out of season — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- out of square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- out one's way — in, to, or near one's neighborhood
- out-of-stater — a visitor from another state of the U.S.: Many out-of-staters come to our summer music festival.
- outdistancing — Present participle of outdistance.
- outdoorswoman — a woman devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities.
- outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
- outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overacuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- overinsurance — (of goods or property) insurance in excess of actual value