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13-letter words containing u, n, s, e

  • pulselessness — the state of having no pulse
  • punjab states — (formerly) a group of states in NW India, amalgamated in 1956 with Punjab state
  • purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
  • pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
  • quaking aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
  • qualifiedness — The property of being qualified (restricted or limited by conditions).
  • quantum state — the condition in which a physical system exists, usually described by a wave function or a set of quantum numbers.
  • quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
  • quaternionist — a mathematician who works with quaternions
  • queen consort — the wife of a ruling king.
  • queen's award — either of two awards instituted by royal warrant (1976) for a sustained increase in export earnings by a British firm (Queen's Award for Export Achievement) or for an advance in technology (Queen's Award for Technological Achievement)
  • queen's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
  • queen's guide — (in Britain and the Commonwealth when the sovereign is female) a Guide who has passed the highest tests of proficiency
  • queen's metal — any of several alloys containing antimony and tin and resembling britannia metal
  • queen's scout — king's scout.
  • queens puzzle — eight queens puzzle
  • queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
  • querulousness — The quality of being querulous.
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • question time — a time set aside in a session during which members of a parliament may question a minister or ministers regarding state affairs.
  • questionaries — Plural form of questionary.
  • questioningly — In a questioning manner.
  • questionnaire — a list of questions, usually printed, submitted for replies that can be analyzed for usable information: a questionnaire used in market research.
  • quick-setting — setting quickly, as a cement, paint, or gelatin.
  • quickstepping — Present participle of quickstep.
  • quindicessima — (music) Two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.
  • quinquagesima — the Sunday before Lent; Shrove Sunday.
  • quinquenniums — Plural form of quinquennium.
  • quintessences — Plural form of quintessence.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
  • rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
  • re-instructed — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
  • re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • reclusiveness — the state or quality of being reclusive
  • reconstituted — constituted again, especially of a liquid product made by adding water to dry solids from which the water has been evaporated: reconstituted orange juice.
  • recrudescence — breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
  • rectitudinous — characterized by or given to rectitude.
  • recursiveness — pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.
  • redissolution — the act of redissolving
  • reducibleness — the extent, state or quality of being reducible
  • reductiveness — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • reinstitution — an organization, establishment, foundation, society, or the like, devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, especially one of a public, educational, or charitable character: This college is the best institution of its kind.
  • rejuvenescent — becoming young again.
  • religiousness — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • remeasurement — the process of measuring again
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