13-letter words containing n, u, r, s, e, m
- nurse-midwife — a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
- nursery rhyme — a short, simple poem or song for very young children, as Hickory Dickory Dock.
- nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
- ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
- on your terms — If you do something on your terms, you do it under conditions that you decide because you are in a position of power.
- outdoorswomen — Plural form of outdoorswoman.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- paramenstruum — the four days before and first four days of menstruation
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
- prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
- reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- remeasurement — the process of measuring again
- republicanism — republican government.
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
- rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
- rose geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium graveolens, cultivated for its fragrant, lobed or narrowly divided leaves.
- saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
- signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- squandermania — an extreme urge for, or level of pleasure obtained by, spending money recklessly
- square number — a number that is the square of another integer, as 1 of 1, 4 of 2, 9 of 3, etc.
- staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
- steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
- steamer trunk — a rectangular traveling trunk low enough to slide under a bunk on a ship.
- street number — the number on a street of a particular building or address