13-letter words containing u, r, a, n, i, s
- grain sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- graminivorous — feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- great russian — a member of the main stock of the Russian people, dwelling chiefly in the northern or central parts of the Russian Federation in Europe.
- guard against — prevent
- guinea grains — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- halicarnassus — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- hiatus hernia — an abnormal condition in which part of the stomach protrudes upward through the esophageal cleft in the diaphragm, sometimes causing a backflow of acid stomach contents into the esophagus.
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- honoris causa — for the sake of honour
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- humanitarians — Plural form of humanitarian.
- hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- illustrations — Plural form of illustration.
- inaugurations — Plural form of inauguration.
- inconstruable — unable to be construed
- incurableness — The state or condition of being incurable.
- indian summer — a period of mild, dry weather, usually accompanied by a hazy atmosphere, occurring usually in late October or early November and following a period of colder weather.
- indisturbance — Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose.
- industrialise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of industrialize.
- industrialism — an economic organization of society built largely on mechanized industry rather than agriculture, craftsmanship, or commerce.
- industrialist — a person who owns or is involved in the management of an industrial enterprise.
- industrialize — to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
- infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
- inner sanctum — sanctum (def 2).
- inquisitorial — of or relating to an inquisitor or inquisition.
- instructional — the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
- instrumentals — Plural form of instrumental.
- insubordinate — not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
- insusurration — (obsolete) The act of whispering into something.
- inter-assured — to make (a future event) sure; ensure: This contract assures the company's profit this month.