13-letter words containing u, n, a, r, t
- north augusta — a city in W South Carolina.
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- nubian desert — an arid region in the NE Sudan.
- nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- nudiustertian — (rare, obsolete) Of the day before yesterday.
- nusa tenggara — an island chain east of Java, mostly in Indonesia: the main islands are Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Alor, and Timor. Pop: 11 112 702 (2000). Area: 73 144 sq km (28 241 sq miles)
- nutmeg grater — a utensil used to grate the seed nutmeg, so that is can be used as a spice in cooking, etc
- nutraceutical — A food containing health-giving additives and having medicinal benefit.
- nutritionally — Concerning nutrition.
- oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
- on the square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- oral solution — An oral solution is a medicine in liquid form for drinking.
- organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
- orthognathous — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- out of danger — no longer at risk
- out-and-outer — a person who does things with excessive thoroughness; extremist.
- outdoorswoman — a woman devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities.
- outgeneraling — Present participle of outgeneral.
- outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
- outrecuidance — (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
- outward bound — (in Britain) a scheme to provide adventure training for young people
- outward-bound — headed in an outward direction, as toward foreign ports: We passed an outward-bound ship as we came into the harbor.
- over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overacuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- overexuberant — effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant: an exuberant welcome for the hero.
- overvaluation — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- 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.
- parallel turn — a turn, executed by shifting one's weight, in which the skis stay parallel
- paramenstruum — the four days before and first four days of menstruation
- parental unit — of or relating to a parent.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- pauperization — the act or process of making a pauper of or impoverishing
- peanut butter — a paste made from ground roasted peanuts, used as a spread or in cookery.
- peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- pet insurance — health insurance for a pet
- phonautograph — a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
- piano quartet — a musical composition scored for piano and three other instruments, typically violin, viola, and cello.
- picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.