13-letter words containing c, o, n, u, r
- undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undoctrinaire — a person who does not subscribe to a particular doctrine or theory; a free thinker
- unencountered — to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation.
- unencouraging — not encouraging; discouraging
- unenforceable — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- unforthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- unicorn plant — a North American plant, Proboscidea (Martynia) louisianica, having creamy-white to red flowers blotched with purple, and a woody capsule with a long, curved beak.
- unobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unperspicuous — clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
- unpreoccupied — not preoccupied
- unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
- unprotectable — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- unprovocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- unrecognizing — not recognizing; unaware; unknowing
- unrecollected — not remembered or recalled
- unrecommended — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- unrecompensed — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- unreconciling — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- unrecoverable — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- unrecoverably — in an unrecoverable or irrecoverable manner
- unreproachful — not deserving reproach or blame
- unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unstercorated — not stercorated or covered in dung
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- upper chinook — a Chinookan language of the Columbia River valley from the Deschutes River to the estuary.
- vaunt-courier — a person who goes in advance, as a herald.
- venture scout — a young man or woman, aged 16–20, who is a member of the senior branch of the Scouts
- veraciousness — characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest in content: a veracious statement; a veracious account.
- vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
- vicariousness — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- voluntaristic — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- w3 consortium — World Wide Web Consortium
- wine-coloured — of a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.
- wonder-struck — struck or affected with wonder.
- work function — Physics. the least energy necessary to free an electron from a metal surface.
- works council — an elected body of employee representatives that deals with management regarding grievances, working conditions, wages, etc.
- xanthochroous — light-skinned and fair-haired
- yourdon, inc. — (company) The company founded in 1974 by Edward Yourdon to provide educational, publishing, and consulting services in state-of-the-art software engineering technology. Over the next 12 years, the company grew to a staff of over 150 people, with offices throughout North America and Europe. As CEO of the company, Yourdon oversaw an operation that trained over 250,000 people around the world; the company was sold in 1986 and eventually became part of CGI, the French software company that is now part of IBM. The publishing division, Yourdon Press (now part of Prentice Hall), has produced over 150 technical computer books on a wide range of software engineering topics; many of these "classics" are used as standard university computer science textbooks.