13-letter words containing n, u, t, e, r
- equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
- equipartition — the equal division of the energy of a system in thermal equilibrium between different degrees of freedom. This principle was assumed to be exact in classical physics, but quantum theory shows that it is true only in certain special cases
- equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
- equiponderate — To counterbalance.
- eta reduction — eta conversion
- ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
- eureka moment — a moment at which a person realizes or solves something
- european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- excursionists — Plural form of excursionist.
- extinguishers — Plural form of extinguisher.
- fault current — A fault current is a current that results from a fault.
- ferae naturae — (of animals) wild or undomesticated (distinguished from domitae naturae).
- fermentitious — of a fermenting nature
- ferrotitanium — a ferroalloy containing up to 45 percent titanium.
- ferrotungsten — a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent tungsten.
- filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
- fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour) A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
- finger buffet — a buffet meal at which food that may be picked up with the fingers (finger food), such as canapés or vol-au-vents, is served
- finger puppet — a miniature puppet fitting over and manipulated by one finger.
- flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
- fluorescently — In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
- forgetfulness — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
- forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
- fort duquesne — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1610–88, French naval commander.
- fortunateness — The quality of being fortunate; fortune; luck.
- fortuneteller — a person who claims the ability to predict the future.
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fracture zone — a long, narrow rift on the ocean floor, separating areas of differing depth: where such a zone crosses a mid-ocean ridge, it displaces the ridge by faulting.
- frequentation — the practice of frequenting; habit of visiting often.
- frequentative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing repetition of an action.
- frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- fruitlessness — The quality of being fruitless.
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
- fuerteventura — a Spanish island off the NW coast of Africa, one of the Canary Islands. 641 sq. mi. (1660 sq. km).
- full-strength — If a team or army is at full strength, all the members that it needs or usually has are present.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furniture van — a van designed to move the furniture of a house, office, etc, to another place
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- gartner group — (company) One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
- general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.