15-letter words containing u, n, t, e, r, s
- polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- post-parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
- post-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- practical nurse — a person who has not graduated from an accredited school of nursing but whose vocation is caring for the sick.
- pre-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- pre-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- preconstruction — the act or art of constructing.
- prelate nullius — a prelate having independent jurisdiction over a district not under a diocesan bishop.
- prerequirements — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- pressure center — the central point of an atmospheric high or low.
- pretentiousness — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pseudonephritis — a condition, thought to be benign, in which microscopic amounts of blood and protein are present in the urine, occurring commonly among athletes after strenuous exercise.
- public interest — the welfare or well-being of the general public; commonwealth: health programs that directly affect the public interest.
- pure land sects — Mahayana Buddhist sects venerating the Buddha as the compassionate saviour
- put years on sb — If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older.
- quarter section — (in surveying and homesteading) a square tract of land, half a mile on each side, thus containing ¼ sq. mi. or 160 acres. Abbreviation: q.s.
- quarterfinalist — a participant in a quarterfinal contest.
- quasi-permanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- queen's pattern — a pattern of ceramic decoration consisting of bands of swirling radial lines, white on blue alternating with red on white.
- queen's proctor — a British judiciary officer who may intervene in probate, nullity, or divorce actions when collusion, suppression of evidence, or other irregularities are alleged.
- question master — quizmaster.
- question period — a period of time set aside each day for members of parliament to question government ministers
- quincentenaries — Plural form of quincentenary.
- qurnet es sauda — a mountain in N Lebanon, in the Lebanon Mountains: highest point in Lebanon. 10,131 feet (3090 meters).
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- redisbursements — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- rediscount rate — the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for rediscounting commercial paper.
- reed instrument — a wind instrument with a single or double reed, as a saxophone or an oboe.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- reindustrialize — to subject to reindustrialization.
- resource centre — a place which provides information, equipment and support
- resurrectionary — pertaining to or of the nature of resurrection.
- resurrectionism — the exhumation and stealing of dead bodies, especially for dissection.
- resurrectionist — a person who brings something to life or view again.
- resurrectionize — to bring back from or raise from the dead
- retail business — a firm which sells goods to individual customers
- retrofocus lens — a wide-angle lens, for use on single-lens reflex cameras, of inverted telephoto design, with a back focus greater than the focal length.
- revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
- rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
- ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
- rigel kentaurus — Alpha Centauri.
- rigil kentaurus — Astronomy. Alpha Centauri.
- rime suffisante — full rhyme.
- round the twist — mad; eccentric
- round whitefish — a whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum, found in northern North America and Siberia, having silvery sides and a dark bronze back.
- rubber solution — a kind of rubber-based adhesive
- ruddy turnstone — a common shorebird, Arenaria interpres, of the New and Old World arctic, wintering south to southern South America and Australia and having striking reddish-brown, black, and white plumage.
- rudimentariness — the state or quality of being rudimentary