13-letter words containing s, i, l, u, r, e
- neosurrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
- nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
- neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
- neurolinguist — One who studies neurolinguistics.
- neuromyelitis — (pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves.
- neurosurgical — Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.
- neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
- new australia — the colony on socialist principles founded by William Lane in Paraguay in 1893
- nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
- nike hercules — a 40 feet (12 meters) U.S. surface-to-air missile effective at medium to high altitudes and having a range of more than 87 miles (140 km).
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nondisclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- 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.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- 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.
- ostreiculture — the breeding of oysters
- outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
- overseriously — in an excessively serious manner
- overstimulate — to stimulate too much
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
- pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
- peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
- picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
- platiniferous — platinum-bearing
- pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
- plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
- pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
- plural eulisp — EuLisp with parallel extensions. "Collections and Garbage Collection", S.C. Merall et al, in Memory Management - IWMM92, Springer 1992, pp.473-489.
- pluripresence — presence in more than one place at the same time
- polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- proliferously — by proliferation
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
- public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
- purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.