15-letter words containing e, n, s, o, u
- unprepossessing — that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive: a confident and prepossessing young man.
- unpretentiously — without pretension
- unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
- unprotected sex — an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy performed without the use of a condom, thus involving the risk of sexually transmitted diseases
- unprotectedness — the state of being unprotected or defenceless against attack
- unprotestantize — to make something (e.g. a church, country, etc) a religion other than Protestant
- unquestioningly — in manner that accepts something without expressing doubt or uncertainty
- unreconstructed — stubbornly maintaining earlier positions, beliefs, etc.; not adjusted to new or current situations: an unreconstructed conservative.
- unrighteousness — not righteous; not upright or virtuous; wicked; sinful; evil: an unrighteous king.
- unseaworthiness — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- unselfconscious — not self-conscious; without affectation or pretense: an unselfconscious manner.
- unskilled labor — work that requires practically no training or experience for its adequate or competent performance.
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- up one's sleeve — secretly ready
- up one's street — (just) what one knows or likes best
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- ust-kamenogorsk — a city in E Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
- vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
- venturesomeness — the quality or state of being venturesome
- venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
- volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
- volunteer state — Tennessee (used as a nickname).
- well-understood — simple past tense and past participle of understand.
- white mountains — a mountain range in the US, chiefly in N New Hampshire: part of the Appalachians. Highest peak: Mount Washington, 1917 m (6288 ft)
- whoopee cushion — a type of cushion or pillow used as a practical joke that, when sat upon, produces a loud noise resembling flatulence.
- win one's spurs — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
- winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.
- women's studies — a program of studies concentrating on the role of women in history, learning, and culture.
- work oneself up — become overwrought
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason
- yes-no question — a question calling for an answer of yes or no, as Are you ready?
- yes/no question — a question inviting the answer "yes" or "no"
- yorke peninsula — a peninsula in S Australia between Spencer Gulf and the Gulf of St. Vincent. 160 miles (257 km) long and 20–35 miles (32–56 km) wide.