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13-letter words containing u, n, s, a, r

  • fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour)   A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
  • fish geranium — zonal geranium.
  • fluorocarbons — Plural form of fluorocarbon.
  • flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
  • formularising — Present participle of formularise.
  • fortunateness — The quality of being fortunate; fortune; luck.
  • fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
  • freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
  • frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
  • frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
  • frumentarious — of or relating to wheat or a similar grain
  • frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
  • functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
  • furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
  • futilitarians — Plural form of futilitarian.
  • gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
  • garden suburb — a suburb of a large established town or city, planned along the lines of a garden city
  • garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
  • garrulousness — Garrulity.
  • gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
  • gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
  • glass curtain — a transparent or translucent curtain covering the interior of a window opening.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • gnu assembler — (GAS) A Unix assembler for the GNU project. Many CPU types are handled and COFF and IEEE-695 formats are supported as well as standard a.out. Current version 2.2 ported to Sun-3, Sun-4, i386, 386BSD, BSD/386, Linux, PS/2-AIX, VAX, Ultrix, BSD, VMS. The assembler has been merged with GNU Binutils. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • go great guns — to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc
  • gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
  • grain sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.
  • graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
  • graminivorous — feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
  • grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
  • grandiloquous — grandiloquent
  • granular snow — a rare form of opaque precipitation consisting of very tiny ice crystals
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • granulomatous — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
  • great russian — a member of the main stock of the Russian people, dwelling chiefly in the northern or central parts of the Russian Federation in Europe.
  • guard against — prevent
  • guinea grains — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
  • gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • halicarnassus — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
  • hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
  • harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
  • hart's-tongue — a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
  • haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
  • hazardousness — The condition of being hazardous.
  • he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
  • heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
  • hiatus hernia — an abnormal condition in which part of the stomach protrudes upward through the esophageal cleft in the diaphragm, sometimes causing a backflow of acid stomach contents into the esophagus.
  • hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
  • honoris causa — for the sake of honour
  • house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
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