11-letter words containing o, u, e, s
- intercourse — dealings or communication between individuals, groups, countries, etc.
- interfluous — interfluent
- interfusion — to intersperse, intermingle, or permeate with something.
- interosseus — (anatomy) Any of various muscles located between bones.
- intervenous — (anatomy, botany) Between veins.
- intravenous — within a vein.
- introducers — Plural form of introducer.
- irreligious — not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
- irresoluble — incapable of being solved or clarified.
- irresolubly — In a irresoluble manner.
- isobutylene — a colorless, very volatile liquid or flammable gas, C 4 H 8 , used chiefly in the manufacture of butyl rubber.
- isoceraunic — representing, having, or indicating equality in the frequency or intensity of thunderstorms: isoceraunic line; isoceraunic map.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- isoleucines — Plural form of isoleucine.
- isoxsuprine — a sympathomimetic vasodilator, C 18 H 23 NO 3 , used in certain types of peripheral vascular disease.
- it's no use — If you say it's no use, you mean that you have failed to do something and realize that it is useless to continue trying because it is impossible.
- iteroparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit more than once (usually many times) before dying
- jealoushood — jealousy
- jealousness — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- jejunostomy — an artificial opening from the jejunum through the abdominal wall, created for the drainage of jejunal contents or for feeding.
- jeu de mots — a pun.
- jocoserious — Simultaneously jocular and serious; mixing mirth with serious matters.
- john sutter — John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- joint issue — one of two or more stamps that are issued jointly by two governments to commemorate an event of common historical interest.
- joshua tree — an evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, growing in arid or desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having long, twisted branches.
- joule's law — the principle that the rate of production of heat by a constant direct current is directly proportional to the resistance of the circuit and to the square of the current.
- juan flores — Juan José [hwahn haw-se] /ʰwɑn hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.
- kelly hours — a suggestion for the name of the hours before and after the traditional school day during which child-minding facilities are provided for the children of working parents
- keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
- konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
- konrad zuse — (person) The designer of the first programming language, Plankalkül, and the first fully functional program-controlled electromechanical digital computer in the world, the Z3. He died on 1995-12-18 in Huenfeld, Germany.
- krugersdorp — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa, NW of Johannesburg.
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- langoustine — a large prawn, Nephrops norvegicus, used for food.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- lateritious — of the color of brick; brick-red.
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- lazar house — (formerly) a hospital for persons with infectious diseases, esp leprosy
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lentiginous — of or relating to a lentigo.
- leper house — a hospital for lepers; leprosarium.
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- leucoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- leukoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leukotomies — Plural form of leukotomy.
- levoglucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- libellously — in a libellous manner