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13-letter words containing s, e, m, u, n

  • premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
  • prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • quantum state — the condition in which a physical system exists, usually described by a wave function or a set of quantum numbers.
  • queen's metal — any of several alloys containing antimony and tin and resembling britannia metal
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • question time — a time set aside in a session during which members of a parliament may question a minister or ministers regarding state affairs.
  • quindicessima — (music) Two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.
  • quinquagesima — the Sunday before Lent; Shrove Sunday.
  • quinquenniums — Plural form of quinquennium.
  • re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • remeasurement — the process of measuring again
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
  • revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
  • rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
  • rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
  • rose geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium graveolens, cultivated for its fragrant, lobed or narrowly divided leaves.
  • saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
  • sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
  • scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
  • selenium cell — a photovoltaic cell consisting of a thin strip of selenium placed between two metal electrodes.
  • self-assuming — taking too much for granted; presumptuous.
  • self-immunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
  • self-judgment — the act or fact of judging oneself.
  • self-luminous — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
  • semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
  • semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
  • semiconscious — half-conscious; not fully conscious.
  • semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
  • seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
  • serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
  • serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
  • signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
  • small fortune — a large sum of money
  • somniloquence — sleep-talking
  • south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
  • spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spinning mule — mule1 (def 7).
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