13-letter words containing u, n, s, e, a
- scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
- scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent
- self-assuming — taking too much for granted; presumptuous.
- semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
- seminal fluid — the fluid component of semen, excluding the sperm.
- sensate focus — a series of touching exercises designed to increase intimacy in a sexual relationship
- sensorineural — related to or affecting a sensory nerve or a sensory mechanism together with its neural circuitry.
- sequentiality — characterized by regular sequence of parts.
- sequestration — removal or separation; banishment or exile.
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- set at naught — to have disregard or scorn for; disdain
- 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.
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- sign language — Also called sign. any of several visual-gestural systems of communication, especially employing manual gestures, as used among deaf people.
- 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-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
- sinus sabaeus — an area in the southern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing dark when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- skunk cabbage — a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- soixante-neuf — sixty-nine (def 4).
- solar furnace — a furnace using sunlight concentrated by concave mirrors as the direct source of heat.
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- solvent abuse — Solvent abuse is the dangerous practice of breathing in the gases from substances such as glue in order to feel as if you are drunk.
- sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- sounding lead — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
- 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.
- south-eastern — South-eastern means in or from the south-east of a region or country.
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- southern toad — a common toad, Bufo terrestris, of the southeastern U.S., having prominent knoblike crests on its head.
- 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.
- sperry univac — (company) One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- 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.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner