13-letter words containing o, u, s, e, l
- nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nonsensuality — The state or condition of being nonsensual.
- nonsequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
- obliviousness — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
- off-side rule — A lexical convention due to Landin, allowing the scope of declarations in a program to be expressed by indentation. Any non-whitespace token to the left of the first such token on the previous line is taken to be the start of a new declaration. Used in, for example, Miranda and Haskell.
- oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- oraculousness — the state of being oraculous
- osmoregulator — Any organism that practices osmoregulation.
- ostreiculture — the breeding of oysters
- outdo oneself — to do something better than one ever did before or thought one could do
- outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
- outsettlement — a distant or remote settlement.
- overcredulous — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
- overseriously — in an excessively serious manner
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- overstimulate — to stimulate too much
- overzealously — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- pleasure boat — recreational vessel
- pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
- plectopterous — of or relating to the order Plectoptera, containing mayflies
- plenitudinous — characterized or marked by plenitude.
- plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
- pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
- pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
- polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
- polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
- polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- poult-de-soie — a soft, ribbed silk fabric, used especially for dresses.