13-letter words containing u, n, c, o, r, e
- repercussions — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- republication — publication anew.
- repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
- resuscitation — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
- return-cocked — (of a cock bead) situated at an angle or arris.
- reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
- round-cheeked — having plump cheeks
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- second-source — of or pertaining to a cooperative arrangement whereby the products, as electronic parts, of one company are also manufactured by another company
- security zone — an area controlled by security forces
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- squirrel corn — an American plant, Dicentra canadensis, of the fumitory family, having yellow roots resembling kernels of corn, finely dissected leaves, and clusters of drooping, heart-shaped, cream-colored flowers.
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
- thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
- touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- truman capote — Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
- tumorgenicity — the state of being tumorgenic, giving rise to tumours
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- unceremonious — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- unciform bone — a small bone of the wrist
- uncomfortable — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- unconcernment — lack of concern; unconcern
- unconformable — not conformable; not conforming.
- unconjectured — not hypothesized
- unconquerable — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
- unconquerably — in an invincible manner
- unconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.