14-letter words containing r, e, s, u
- horse-chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- house of cards — a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- house of lords — the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.
- house of peers — former name of the Japanese House of Councilors.
- household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
- household word — a familiar name, phrase, saying, etc.; byword: The advertising campaign is designed to make this new product a household word.
- housing market — property trade
- human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
- humourlessness — Alternative spelling of humorlessness.
- humoursomeness — the quality of being humoursome
- humphreys peak — the highest peak in Arizona, in the N, in the San Francisco Mountains: 12,633 feet (3851 meters).
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
- hydrocellulose — a gelatinous substance obtained by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose, used chiefly in the manufacture of paper, mercerized cotton, and viscose rayon.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- hyperconscious — acutely aware.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypersexualise — Alternative spelling of hypersexualize.
- hypersexuality — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hypersexualize — To make extremely sexual; to accentuate the sexuality of.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
- ice-cream suit — a man's lightweight summer suit of white or a finely striped or solid pastel color.
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- Îles marquises — a group of volcanic islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 8712 (2002). Area: 1287 sq km (497 sq miles)
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
- immunophoresis — a technique for identifying the antigens in a blood serum
- immunosuppress — (transitive) To cause immunosuppression in.
- imperviousness — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- in one's court — in one's side of the court, as a ball in a tennis game
- inaccurateness — The quality of being inaccurate.
- incense burner — container in which fragrance is burned
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- incongruencies — Plural form of incongruency.
- indecorousness — The quality of being indecorous.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- industrialised — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industrialized — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industrializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of industrialize.
- infrastructure — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- ingloriousness — The state of being inglorious.
- inquisiturient — keen to act as an inquisitor
- instrumentally — By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end.
- insubordinates — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.