13-letter words containing u, n, s, e, a
- ne plus ultra — the highest point; acme.
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- nefariousness — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neosurrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neuraminidase — An enzyme, present in many pathogenic or symbiotic microorganisms, that catalyzes the breakdown of glycosides containing neuraminic acid.
- neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- neuromuscular — pertaining to or affecting both nerves and muscles.
- neurosurgical — Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.
- neurovascular — of, relating to, or involving the nerves and blood vessels.
- new age music — a type of gentle melodic popular music originating in the US in the late 1980s, which takes in elements of jazz, folk, and classical music and is played largely on synthesizers and acoustic instruments
- new australia — the colony on socialist principles founded by William Lane in Paraguay in 1893
- new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
- new jerusalem — heaven regarded as the prototype of the earthly Jerusalem; the heavenly city
- newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- non-causative — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- non-dangerous — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- non-insurance — the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a payment proportionate to the risk involved.
- non-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nonconsensual — formed or existing merely by consent: a consensual transaction.
- nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- nonexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- nongregarious — (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
- nonhomosexual — a person who is not homosexual
- nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- nonsensuality — The state or condition of being nonsensual.
- nonsequential — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- not a sausage — nothing at all
- nubian desert — an arid region in the NE Sudan.
- nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- nucleic acids — any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- nudiustertian — (rare, obsolete) Of the day before yesterday.
- nuisance call — an unsolicited telephone call such as a prank call or a call for telemarketing purposes
- nusa tenggara — an island chain east of Java, mostly in Indonesia: the main islands are Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Alor, and Timor. Pop: 11 112 702 (2000). Area: 73 144 sq km (28 241 sq miles)
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- on a suddenty — suddenly, unexpectedly
- on sufferance — passive permission resulting from lack of interference; tolerance, especially of something wrong or illegal (usually preceded by on or by).