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15-letter words containing s, e, a, u

  • upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
  • urquhart castle — a castle near Drumnadrochit in Highland, Scotland: situated on Loch Ness
  • ust-kamenogorsk — a city in E Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
  • utter barrister — a barrister belonging to the outer bar.
  • vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
  • vapour pressure — the pressure exerted by a vapour. The saturated vapour pressure is that exerted by a vapour in equilibrium with its solid or liquid phase at a particular temperature
  • vascular bundle — a longitudinal arrangement of strands of xylem and phloem, and sometimes cambium, that forms the fluid-conducting channels of vascular tissue in the rhizomes, stems, and leaf veins of vascular plants, the arrangement varying with the type of plant.
  • vascular system — plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system) by which sap is conveyed through the plant.
  • vascular tissue — plant tissue consisting of ducts or vessels, that, in the higher plants, forms the system (vascular system) by which sap is conveyed through the plant.
  • venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
  • venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
  • vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
  • virtual storage — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
  • visual literacy — the ability to apprehend or interpret pictures or other visual images.
  • vitreous silica — silica glass
  • volunteer state — Tennessee (used as a nickname).
  • voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
  • vulnerabilities — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
  • wallpaper music — music that is pleasant but not interesting, so people do not pay much attention to it
  • walrus mustache — a thick, shaggy mustache hanging down loosely at both ends.
  • water-based mud — Water-based mud is a type of drilling mud consisting mainly of water, which has additives to modify it and make it more effective.
  • wee small hours — the hours just after midnight
  • well-accustomed — customary; usual; habitual: in their accustomed manner.
  • welsbach burner — a type of gaslight in which a mantle containing thorium and cerium compounds becomes incandescent when heated by a gas flame
  • wheelchair user — a person who is unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relies on a wheelchair to move around
  • white mountains — a mountain range in the US, chiefly in N New Hampshire: part of the Appalachians. Highest peak: Mount Washington, 1917 m (6288 ft)
  • white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
  • wiener neustadt — a city in E Austria, in Lower Austria. Pop: 37 627 (2002)
  • winter purslane — a plant, Montia perfoliata, native to western North America, of the purslane family, having edible, egg-shaped leaves and clusters of small, white flowers.
  • winter quarters — housing or accommodation for the winter, esp for military personnel
  • worcester sauce — a commercially prepared piquant sauce, made from a basis of soy sauce, with vinegar, spices, etc
  • wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason
  • yorke peninsula — a peninsula in S Australia between Spencer Gulf and the Gulf of St. Vincent. 160 miles (257 km) long and 20–35 miles (32–56 km) wide.
  • youth orchestra — an orchestra that is made up of young musicians
  • zapata mustache — a large mustache that curves down the corners of the mouth.
  • zygophyllaceous — belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.
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