13-letter words containing s, u, n, d, e
- fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- fun and games — frivolously diverting activity.
- garden suburb — a suburb of a large established town or city, planned along the lines of a garden city
- gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- go the rounds — If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.
- godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- good question — pertinent or insightful enquiry
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
- groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
- groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
- groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
- groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
- gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- hazardousness — The condition of being hazardous.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- househusbands — Plural form of househusband.
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- in due course — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- inbounds line — one of two broken lines, parallel to the sidelines and running the length of the field, to which the ball is brought when it goes beyond the sidelines.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- index futures — a form of financial futures based on projected movement of a share price index, such as the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Share Index
- indian summer — a period of mild, dry weather, usually accompanied by a hazy atmosphere, occurring usually in late October or early November and following a period of colder weather.
- indiscussible — unsuitable for or not subject or open to discussion; not negotiable.
- indissuadable — incapable of being dissuaded
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- individualise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of individualize.
- industrialise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of industrialize.
- industrialize — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- industry-wide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
- inodorousness — the quality of being inodorous
- inquisitioned — Simple past tense and past participle of inquisition.
- insidiousness — intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.
- insolubilized — Made insoluble.
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- inter-assured — to make (a future event) sure; ensure: This contract assures the company's profit this month.
- interindustry — occurring or existing between two or more industries
- invidiousness — (rare) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.