14-letter words containing n, e, u, s
- subconsciouses — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
- subcontinental — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdevelopment — a development within a larger or more important development
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- subinfeudation — the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- subjectiveness — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
- submetacentric — referring to chromosomes which have one long arm and one short arm
- subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
- subspontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- substantialize — to make or become substantial or actual
- substantiative — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
- subversiveness — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- successfulness — achieving or having achieved success.
- successionless — not having a successor or descendants
- sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
- sufferableness — the quality or condition of being sufferable
- sugar refinery — place where sugar is processed
- sugar snap pea — snap pea.
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- suggestion box — receptacle for customers' comments
- suggestiveness — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- sulfantimonide — any compound containing an antimonide and a sulfide.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
- summer pudding — a pudding made by filling a bread-lined basin with a purée of fruit, leaving it to soak, and then turning it out
- summer session — An early system on MIT's Whirlwind.
- summer tanager — a tanager, Piranga rubra, of the south and central U.S., the male of which is rose-red, the female olive-green above and yellow below.
- summit meeting — a meeting or conference of heads of state, especially to conduct diplomatic negotiations and ease international tensions.
- sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
- sun animalcule — a heliozoan.
- sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- sunshine state — Florida (used as a nickname).
- super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
- superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- superannuation — the act of superannuating.
- superconductor — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
- superconfident — very or extremely confident, overly confident
- supercontinent — a hypothetical protocontinent of the remote geologic past that rifted apart to form the continents of today.
- superefficient — extremely efficient
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).