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