13-letter words containing u, p, e, r, n
- counterpoises — Plural form of counterpoise.
- counterpoison — A poison used against another poison, serving as an antidote.
- counterproofs — Plural form of counterproof.
- counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
- countersniper — designed to act against or eliminate snipers
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
- cup and cover — a turning used in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and resembling a goblet with a domed cover.
- deep mourning — completely black mourning clothes made of a drab material: After her brother died, she was in deep mourning for a year.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- disreputation — disrepute.
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- east prussian — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- entrepreneurs — Plural form of entrepreneur.
- entrepreneuse — a female entrepreneur
- equipartition — the equal division of the energy of a system in thermal equilibrium between different degrees of freedom. This principle was assumed to be exact in classical physics, but quantum theory shows that it is true only in certain special cases
- equiponderant — of the same weight; evenly balanced
- equiponderate — To counterbalance.
- euler-chelpin — Hans (Karl August) von. 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1929) with Sir Arthur Harden for their work on enzymes: father of Ulf von Euler
- european plan — a hotel rate of charging covering room and service but not meals
- european sole — Solea solea, a tongue-shaped flatfish of the family Soleidae, also known as Dover sole or common sole: prefers shallow waters and is highly valued as a food fish
- european toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans, the male of which carries the fertilized eggs on its hind legs until they hatch: family Discoglossidae
- european wasp — a large black-and-yellow banded wasp, Vespula germanica, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia, now established in Australasia and the US
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- fairy penguin — a small penguin, Eudyptula minor, with a bluish head and back, found on the Australian coast
- finger puppet — a miniature puppet fitting over and manipulated by one finger.
- flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
- fourpenny one — a blow, esp with the fist
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
- gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
- gartner group — (company) One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA.
- gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
- groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
- groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
- guinea pepper — grain of paradise.
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- guttersnipish — Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
- gymnospermous — of or relating to a gymnosperm; having exposed or naked seeds.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.