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

  • 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.
  • staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
  • steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
  • stentoriously — stentorian.
  • 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
  • subastringent — slightly astringent.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subserviently — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • super-intense — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
  • super-tension — the act of stretching or straining.
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
  • supermilitant — highly militant
  • superminister — a minister with a wide range of responsibilities
  • supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
  • supernutrient — any of various dietary supplements containing strong concentrations of vitamins and other substances designed to remedy nutrient deficiencies in the body
  • superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
  • superposition — the order in which sedimentary strata are superposed one above another.
  • superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
  • superromantic — exceptionally romantic
  • supervirulent — extremely virulent
  • swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
  • table-turning — the movement of a table attributed by spiritualists to the power of spirits working through a group of persons placing their hands or fingers on the table top
  • teeing ground — tee2 (def 1a).
  • texture paint — a finish paint having an insoluble additive, as sand, for giving a slightly rough textural effect.
  • three unities — the state of being one; oneness.
  • thunderstrike — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
  • tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
  • time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
  • tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
  • tinker's cuss — tinker's damn (def 1).
  • tour en l'air — a turn executed in the air.
  • trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
  • trained nurse — graduate nurse.
  • tranquillizer — a person or thing that tranquilizes.
  • transfusively — in a transfusive manner
  • transmutative — the act or process of transmuting.
  • tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
  • tributariness — the state of being tributary
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