13-letter words containing o, u, t, s, r, i
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- illustrations — Plural form of illustration.
- illustriously — highly distinguished; renowned; famous: an illustrious leader.
- illustrissimo — most illustrious (esp as belonging to the Italian aristocracy)
- immunosorbent — an insoluble surface to which a specific antibody is attached for the purpose of removing the corresponding antigen from a solution or suspension.
- importunities — Plural form of importunity.
- inaugurations — Plural form of inauguration.
- incongruities — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- incorruptness — The state of being incorrupt.
- industriously — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- infostructure — The technical infrastructure supporting an information system.
- infructuously — in an infructuous or unfruitful manner; fruitlessly
- inns of court — (in England) the four private unincorporated societies in London that function as a law school and have the exclusive privilege of calling candidates to the English bar
- inobtrusively — in an unobtrusive manner
- inquisitorial — of or relating to an inquisitor or inquisition.
- insectivorous — adapted to feeding on insects.
- instructional — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
- insurrections — Plural form of insurrection.
- insusurration — (obsolete) The act of whispering into something.
- interlocutors — a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
- interosculant — Mutually touching or intersecting.
- interosculate — to interpenetrate; inosculate.
- interreligous — Between religions.
- interruptions — an act or instance of interrupting.
- intravenously — through or within a vein. Abbreviation: IV.
- introductions — Plural form of introduction.
- isostructural — (of two substances) having the same crystal structure but not necessarily a similar chemical composition.
- joint honours — an honours university degree in which a student studies two separate subjects, as opposed to a single subject
- jurisconsults — Plural form of jurisconsult.
- jurisdictions — Plural form of jurisdiction.
- justice court — an inferior tribunal, not of record, having limited jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, and presided over by a justice of the peace.
- justificatory — serving to justify; providing justification.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
- libel tourism — the act of suing a writer for alleged defamation in a foreign jurisdiction where there are weak libel laws.
- libel tourist — someone who engages in libel tourism.
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- liquid storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- lissotrichous — having straight hair.
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.