13-letter words containing u, n, a, c, s
- asset account — An asset account is an account that records the assets owned by a company.
- astronautical — of or relating to astronautics or astronauts.
- at a discount — below the regular price
- atrociousness — The state of being atrocious.
- auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
- audaciousness — Risky or daring behaviour.
- authenticates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authenticate.
- autochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found where they and their constituents were formed
- automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
- autumn crocus — a liliaceous plant, Colchicum autumnale, of Europe and N Africa having pink or purplish autumn flowers
- backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
- bancassurance — the selling of insurance products by a bank to its customers
- band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- beacon status — a ranking awarded by the government to an organization, rendering it eligible for extra funding, and aimed at encouraging organizations to share good practice with each other
- bignoniaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bignoniaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees, shrubs, and lianas, including jacaranda, bignonia, and catalpa
- black russian — a drink made from one part coffee liqueur and two parts vodka, served over ice.
- blanchisseuse — a washer-woman
- blast furnace — A blast furnace is a large structure in which iron ore is heated under pressure so that it melts and the pure iron metal separates out and can be collected.
- boraginaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
- bounced flash — a flash bounced off a reflective surface, as a ceiling or wall, to illuminate a subject indirectly.
- bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
- boundary scan — The use of scan registers to capture state from device input and output pins. IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 describes the international standard implementation (sometimes called JTAG after the Joint Test Action Group which began the standardisation work).
- buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- buenas noches — good night
- burnham scale — the salary scale for teachers in English state schools, which is revised periodically
- business card — A person's business card or their card is a small card which they give to other people, and which has their name and details of their job and company printed on it.
- business case — a briefcase or attaché case.
- cabin cruiser — A cabin cruiser is a motor boat which has a cabin for people to live or sleep in.
- cacophonously — In a cacophonous manner.
- cafe curtains — short, straight curtains, esp. for covering the lower part of a window, hung from a rod by means of sliding rings
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- candlesnuffer — an implement, or person, that extinguishes candle flames
- cantus firmus — an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition
- capaciousness — capable of holding much; spacious or roomy: a capacious storage bin.
- capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
- capsule range — a small range of clothes by a particular designer, intended to be representative of the full range
- capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
- car insurance — financial protection against loss as a result of an automobile accident or theft
- carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
- carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
- carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
- carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
- carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.