13-letter words containing r, o, u, e
- nonuniversity — distinct from university, not university-based
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- not your type — If you say that someone is not your type, you mean that they are not the sort of person who you usually find attractive.
- notoriousness — publicly or generally known, as for a particular trait: a newspaper that is notorious for its sensationalism. Synonyms: notable, renowned, celebrated, prominent, conspicuous, famous, widely known.
- nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
- nuclear force — strong interaction
- nuclear power — power derived from nuclear energy.
- nucleoprotein — any of the class of conjugated proteins occurring in cells and consisting of a protein combined with a nucleic acid, essential for cell division and reproduction.
- number theory — the study of integers and their relation to one another.
- numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
- 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.
- nurseryperson — A nurseryman or nurserywoman.
- nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
- obiter dictum — an incidental or passing remark, opinion, etc.
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- obtrusiveness — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
- 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.
- office junior — a young person, esp a school-leaver, employed in an office for running errands and doing other minor jobs
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- oligofluorene — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons consisting of several fluorene units attached end-to-end.
- ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
- on course for — If you are on course for something, you are likely to achieve it.
- on sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).
- on the square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- on your terms — If you do something on your terms, you do it under conditions that you decide because you are in a position of power.
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- open juncture — a transition between successive sounds marked by a break in articulatory continuity, as by a pause or the modification of a preceding or following sound, and often indicating a division between words; presence of juncture (opposed to close juncture). Also called plus juncture. Compare close juncture, juncture (def 7a), terminal juncture.
- open universe — a model of the universe in which the universe expands forever because there is not enough mass to counteract the expansion by means of gravitational attraction.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- opera comique — comic opera.
- opportuneness — The state or condition of being opportune.
- opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
- oraculousness — the state of being oraculous
- orange roughy — a marine food fish, Hoplosthenus atlanticus, of S Pacific waters
- orange squash — an orange-flavoured drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water
- organ-builder — a maker of organs
- osborne house — a house near Cowes on the Isle of Wight: the favourite residence of Queen Victoria, who died there; now a convalescent home
- osmoregulator — Any organism that practices osmoregulation.
- ostreiculture — the breeding of oysters
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- out of breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- out of kilter — If one thing is out of kilter with another, the first thing does not agree with or fit in with the second.
- out of square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- out-and-outer — a person who does things with excessive thoroughness; extremist.