10-letter words containing u, n, s, e
- quiescency — Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
- quincunxes — Plural form of quincunx.
- quinestrol — a synthetic estrogen, C 2 5 H 3 2 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives.
- quinolones — Plural form of quinolone.
- quintuples — Plural form of quintuple.
- quirkiness — having or full of quirks.
- quittances — Plural form of quittance.
- quizziness — unusualness, eccentricity
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- raisonneur — a character in a play, novel, or the like who voices the central theme, philosophy, or point of view of the work.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- reassuring — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- reconquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- rediscount — to discount again.
- refuse bin — a bin for the disposal of rubbish and waste
- regensburg — a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany, on the Danube: battle 1809.
- reinstruct — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- relinquish — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- rendezvous — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- requesting — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
- requestion — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- rescrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- resecuring — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- resin duct — a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.
- resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- resounding — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- resourcing — the provision of resources
- restaurant — an establishment where meals are served to customers.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- resupinate — bent backward.
- resurgence — rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.
- returnless — allowing no return
- reunionist — a person who advocates the reunion of the Anglican Church with the Roman Catholic Church.
- robustness — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- romanesque — noting or pertaining to the style of architecture prevailing in western or southern Europe from the 9th through the 12th centuries, characterized by heavy masonry construction with narrow openings, features such as the round arch, the groin vault, and the barrel vault, and the introduction or development of the vaulting rib, the vaulting shaft, and central and western towers for churches.
- roundheels — a prostitute.
- roundhouse — a building for the servicing and repair of locomotives, built around a turntable in the form of some part of a circle.
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- rubenesque — of or relating to the painter Peter Paul Rubens or his works, which feature full-figured women.
- rubiginose — rust-coloured or rusty
- rubinstein — Anton [an-ton;; Russian uhn-tawn] /ˈæn tɒn;; Russian ʌnˈtɔn/ (Show IPA), 1829–94, Russian pianist and composer.
- ruggedness — having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.
- run scared — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- rune-stone — a stone bearing one or more runic inscriptions.
- runners-up — the competitor, player, or team finishing in second place, as in a race, contest, or tournament.
- rupestrian — made or found on cave walls or rocks
- rupestrine — living or growing on or among rocks.