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14-letter words containing u, n, r, e, a, s

  • terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
  • terminus a quo — the end from which; beginning; starting point; earliest limiting point.
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • thomas youngerThomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
  • torque spanner — a spanner having a torque-limiting mechanism which can be set to a predetermined value
  • trade discount — a discount, as from the list price of goods, granted by a manufacturer or wholesaler to a retailer.
  • trade unionism — the system, methods, or practice of trade or labor unions.
  • trade unionist — a member of a trade union.
  • trades council — (in Britain) an association of the different trade unions in one town or area
  • traitorousness — the quality or state of being traitorous
  • transcutaneous — by way of or through the skin.
  • transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
  • transit number — an identifying number assigned by a banking organization to a bank and printed on its checks.
  • transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
  • transsexualism — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
  • transsexuality — a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
  • treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
  • trumpeter swan — a large, pure-white, wild swan, Cygnus buccinator, of North America, having a sonorous cry: once near extinction, the species is now recovering.
  • turn of phrase — expression, wording
  • turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
  • ultra-distance — covering a distance in excess of 30 miles, often as part of a longer race or competition
  • ultramasculine — extremely masculine
  • ultraprecision — extreme accuracy or precision
  • ultrasensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
  • umbrella stand — an upright rack or stand for umbrellas
  • un-subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • unadministered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
  • unapprehensive — slow to understand; not intelligent
  • unaspiringness — the quality of being unaspiring or unambitious
  • unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
  • unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • uncrystallized — lacking a final form
  • undemonstrable — not able to be made evident
  • under-research — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
  • underdiagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
  • underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
  • underinsurance — insurance purchased against damage or loss of property in an amount less than its true value, sometimes bought intentionally by the insured with full knowledge of the risk.
  • undersaturated — unsaturated (def 2).
  • undersecretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
  • understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • understandably — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
  • understandings — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • understatement — the act or an instance of understating, or representing in a weak or restrained way that is not borne out by the facts: The journalist wrote that the earthquake had caused some damage. This turned out to be a massive understatement of the devastation.
  • understrapping — subordinate or inferior
  • undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
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