13-letter words containing n, o, c, u
- untheological — not theological; not of or pertaining to the nature of theology
- untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
- up-and-coming — likely to succeed; bright and industrious: an up-and-coming young executive.
- upland cotton — a plant, Gossypium hirsutum, of warm regions of the New World, that is the chief commercial cotton crop in the U.S.
- upper chinook — a Chinookan language of the Columbia River valley from the Deschutes River to the estuary.
- vacuolization — the state of being full of vacuoles
- 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.
- vivaciousness — lively; animated; spirited: a vivacious folk dance.
- volcanic tuff — tuff2 .
- voluntaristic — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- vulcanization — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- w3 consortium — World Wide Web Consortium
- wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
- wave function — a solution of a wave equation.
- wine-coloured — of a dark red colour, sometimes with a purplish tinge
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.
- wolffian duct — a duct, draining the mesonephros of the embryo, that becomes the vas deferens in males and vestigial in females.
- 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
- you can't win — an expression of resignation after an unsuccessful attempt to overcome difficulties
- 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.
- youtube, inc. — (web, video) An on-line video file sharing web site, founded on 2005-02-14 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. Anyone can upload video clips to the site and these can then be viewed by others. In 2007, many such sites exist but YouTube is the best known. YouTube is funded by Sequoia Capital. In November 2006, YouTube was bought by Google Inc.. YouTube has partnership deals with content providers such as CBS, BBC, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, Warner Music Group, NBA, The Sundance Channel and many more.
- yuppification — The act or process of yuppifying.