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13-letter words containing u, n, e, t, i

  • semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
  • 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.
  • semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
  • sententiously — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
  • sequentiality — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
  • sequestration — removal or separation; banishment or exile.
  • serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • sesquiterpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
  • sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
  • sexualization — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
  • shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
  • shub-internet — /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon.
  • silent butler — a small receptacle having a handle and a hinged lid, used for collecting the contents of ashtrays, crumbs from a dinner table, etc., for disposal.
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • single status — a national agreement that aims to avoid unfairness in pay and reward arrangements for employees and to ensure harmonisation of conditions in comparable posts
  • single-suiter — one-suiter.
  • single-tongue — to play (any nonlegato passage) on a wind instrument by obstructing and uncovering the air passage through the lips with the tongue
  • sitting judge — a presiding judge; a judge in office
  • sleeping suit — an all-in-one outfit that babies and young children sleep in
  • soixante-neuf — sixty-nine (def 4).
  • solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
  • south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
  • southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
  • speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
  • spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spiritousness — the state of being spiritous
  • splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
  • 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.
  • spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
  • st. augustine — Saint, a.d. 354–430, one of the Latin fathers in the early Christian Church; author; bishop of Hippo in N Africa.
  • staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
  • station house — a police station or fire station.
  • steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
  • stentoriously — stentorian.
  • step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
  • stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
  • 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.
  • string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
  • student union — a building or rooms on a college or university campus, set aside for recreational, social, and governmental activities of the students.
  • sub-questions — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subcollection — the act of collecting.
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
  • subject index — alphabetical contents list
  • subjectifying — to make subjective.
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