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13-letter words containing s, u, r, e, l

  • 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.
  • nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
  • neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
  • neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
  • neurolinguist — One who studies neurolinguistics.
  • neuromuscular — pertaining to or affecting both nerves and muscles.
  • neuromyelitis — (pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves.
  • neurosurgical — Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.
  • neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
  • neurovascular — of, relating to, or involving the nerves and blood vessels.
  • new australia — the colony on socialist principles founded by William Lane in Paraguay in 1893
  • new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
  • new jerusalem — heaven regarded as the prototype of the earthly Jerusalem; the heavenly city
  • 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).
  • nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
  • non-credulous — marked by or arising from credulity: a credulous rumor.
  • non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
  • nondisclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
  • nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
  • 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.
  • oraculousness — the state of being oraculous
  • osmoregulator — Any organism that practices osmoregulation.
  • ostreiculture — the breeding of oysters
  • outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
  • overcredulous — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
  • overseriously — in an excessively serious manner
  • overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • overstimulate — to stimulate too much
  • overzealously — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
  • 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
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
  • pedal pushers — women's short trousers
  • 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
  • personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
  • petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
  • picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
  • planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • pleasure boat — recreational vessel
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