14-letter words containing u, n, s, o, r, c
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- obstructionism — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- obstructionist — a person who deliberately delays or prevents progress.
- ocularcentrism — The privileging of vision over the other senses.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
- orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
- over-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parish council — local administrative body
- percussion cap — a small metallic cap or cup containing fulminating powder, formerly exploded by percussion to fire the charge of small arms.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- plesiochronous — (communications) Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polar sequence — a series of stars in the vicinity of the N celestial pole whose accurately determined magnitudes serve as the standard for visual and photographic magnitudes of stars
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- postproduction — (in motion pictures, recording, etc.) the technical processes, as cutting, editing, and post-synchronization, necessary to ready a filmed or recorded work for sale or exhibition.
- pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
- pre-discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
- precociousness — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- pseudoscorpion — any of several small arachnids of the order Chelonethida that resemble a tailless scorpion and that feed chiefly on small insects.
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- quasi contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
- quasi-contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- quattrocentist — a painter or writer of 15th-century Italy
- quick response — fast reaction time
- racing colours — the colours painted on a racing car to represent the nation of the car or driver
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ranunculaceous — belonging to the Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family of plants.
- re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- reconstitution — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- reconstitutive — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- reconstruction — an act of reconstructing.
- reconstructive — tending to reconstruct.
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- rescue mission — mission (def 16).
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.