13-letter words containing t, a, u, n, s
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- functionalise — to make functional.
- functionalism — (usually initial capital letter) Chiefly Architecture, Furniture. a design movement evolved from several previous movements or schools in Europe in the early 20th century, advocating the design of buildings, furnishings, etc., as direct fulfillments of material requirements, as for shelter, repose, or the serving of food, with the construction, materials, and purpose clearly expressed or at least not denied, and with aesthetic effect derived chiefly from proportions and finish, purely decorative effects being excluded or greatly subordinated. the doctrines and practices associated with this movement. Compare rationalism (def 4).
- functionalist — a person who advocates, or works according to, the principles of functionalism.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- futilitarians — Plural form of futilitarian.
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- geitonogamous — of or relating to geitonogamy
- gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
- gesticulating — Present participle of gesticulate.
- gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
- giant sequoia — big tree.
- glass curtain — a transparent or translucent curtain covering the interior of a window opening.
- gnu smalltalk — (language) A GNU version of Smalltalk, by Steven Byrne <[email protected]>. Version 1.1.1,
- go great guns — to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc
- 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).
- granulomatous — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- great russian — a member of the main stock of the Russian people, dwelling chiefly in the northern or central parts of the Russian Federation in Europe.
- guard against — prevent
- guesstimating — Present participle of guesstimate.
- guesstimation — (pejorative) An estimation made without good justification and often biased.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- haematogenous — producing blood
- hart's-tongue — a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- hash function — (programming) A hash coding function which assigns a data item distinguished by some "key" into one of a number of possible "hash buckets" in a hash table. The hash function is usually combined with another more precise function. For example a program might take a string of letters and put it in one of twenty six lists depending on its first letter. Ideally, a hash function should distribute items evenly between the buckets to reduce the number of hash collisions. If, for example, the strings were names beginning with "Mr.", "Miss" or "Mrs." then taking the first letter would be a very poor hash function because all names would hash the same.
- hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
- haute cuisine — fine or gourmet cooking; food preparation as an art.
- healthfulness — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
- heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
- helianthemums — Plural form of helianthemum.
- hiatus hernia — an abnormal condition in which part of the stomach protrudes upward through the esophageal cleft in the diaphragm, sometimes causing a backflow of acid stomach contents into the esophagus.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- humanitarians — Plural form of humanitarian.
- hunt saboteur — A hunt saboteur is someone who tries to stop a hunt from taking place or being successful because they believe it is cruel to the animal being hunted.
- hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
- hysteranthous — relating to a plant whose flowers open before its leaves
- illuminations — Plural form of illumination.
- illustrations — Plural form of illustration.
- immunisations — Plural form of immunisation.