13-letter words containing un
- brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
- bundle sheath — a layer of cells in plant leaves and stems that surrounds a vascular bundle.
- bunker buster — a laser-guided bomb designed to penetrate deep underground, as into rock or concrete, before detonating.
- bunko steerer — a swindler, especially a person who lures another to a gambling game to be cheated.
- bunsen burner — a gas burner, widely used in scientific laboratories, consisting of a metal tube with an adjustable air valve at the base
- burial ground — A burial ground is a place where bodies are buried, especially an ancient place.
- call the tune — to be in control of the proceedings
- campaign fund — money for a campaign, as of a political candidate, usually acquired through contributions by supporters.
- carnegie unit — a standardized unit of measurement for evaluating courses in secondary schools in terms of college entrance requirements, representing one year's study in any subject, that subject having been taught for a minimum of 120 classroom hours to qualify.
- carpal tunnel — forearm to hand
- carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
- cash discount — a discount granted to a purchaser who pays before a stipulated date
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- catch the sun — to become slightly sunburnt
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- center around — to have as a central point, focus of attention, etc.
- centre ground — the nominal space in the political spectrum that is neither right or left
- chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
- chun doo hwan — born 1931, South Korean political leader: president 1980–88.
- clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clair-de-lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clock puncher — a worker with a routine job in a factory or office, as one who punches a time clock at the beginning and end of a work shift.
- college-bound — intending to go to college
- commaundement — Obsolete spelling of commandment.
- common ground — If two people or groups find common ground, they agree about something, especially when they do not agree about other things.
- communalistic — Pertaining to communalism.
- communalities — the state or condition of being communal.
- communalizing — Present participle of communalize.
- communautaire — supporting the principles of the European Community (now the European Union)
- communicating — making or having a direct connection from one room to another
- communication — Communications are the systems and processes that are used to communicate or broadcast information, especially by means of electricity or radio waves.
- communicative — Someone who is communicative talks to people, for example about their feelings, and tells people things.
- communicators — Plural form of communicator.
- communicatory — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- communicology — the study of communication.
- communion cup — a chalice from which a communicant drinks.
- communisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of communization.
- communitarian — a member of a communist community
- communization — The act or process of communizing.
- company union — an unaffiliated union of workers usually restricted to a single business enterprise
- compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
- compound lens — a lens consisting of more than one component lens
- compound noun — composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients: Soap is a compound substance.
- compound time — compound meter
- compound tone — (in acoustic analysis) a sound composed of several sinusoidal waveforms superimposed upon one main one
- concrete noun — a noun that refers to a material object, as for example horse
- confoundingly — in a confounding manner
- conjunctional — Grammar. any member of a small class of words distinguished in many languages by their function as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences, as and, because, but, however. any other word or expression of similar function, as in any case.