10-letter words containing n, e, u, s, t, r
- lute stern — a transom stern used on small boats, having an open after extension for breaking up seas coming from astern.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- matureness — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- menstruant — A woman who is menstruating.
- menstruate — to undergo menstruation.
- menstruous — pertaining to menstruation.
- miniatures — Plural form of miniature.
- misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
- misventure — an unfortunate undertaking; misadventure.
- monestrous — of or relating to a mammal that has one estrus period per breeding season, as the dog.
- monsterous — Misspelling of monstrous.
- mousterian — of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000 b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- mutterings — Plural form of muttering.
- n terminus — the amino end of a protein molecule.
- naturalise — Alternative spelling of naturalize.
- nectareous — nectarous.
- netsurfing — Netsurfing is the activity of looking at different sites on the Internet, especially when you are not looking for anything in particular.
- neumunster — a city in Schleswig-Holstein, in N central Germany.
- neuroblast — an immature nerve cell.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralism — the policy or advocacy of maintaining strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- neutralist — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- never-outs — articles that a supplier, esp a retail store, is 'never out of', i.e. always has in stock
- numerators — Plural form of numerator.
- numerosity — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- nutrasweet — a brand of artificial sweetener
- nutriments — Plural form of nutriment.
- obstruents — Plural form of obstruent.
- on request — as and when asked for
- one-suiter — a piece of luggage designed to hold one suit and other smaller items, as underwear or socks.
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
- outnumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnumber.
- outswinger — a ball that when bowled veers from leg side to off side.
- overstrung — overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge: Their nerves were badly overstrung.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- presternum — Anatomy. manubrium.
- prosternum — the ventral sclerite of the prothorax of an insect.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
- puntarenas — a seaport in W Costa Rica.
- putrescent — becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction.
- putrescine — a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2
- quernstone — Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.
- questioner — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- reconquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge