13-letter words that end in ns
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- like ninepins — If you say that people or things are going down like ninepins, you mean that large numbers of them are suddenly becoming ill, collapsing, or doing very badly.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- localisations — Plural form of localisation.
- magnetic lens — Physics. an electron lens using magnetic fields for focusing an electron beam.
- malformations — Plural form of malformation.
- manipulations — Plural form of manipulation.
- metafunctions — Plural form of metafunction.
- metallic lens — an arrangement of louvres used to direct and focus electromagnetic or sound waves
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- ministrations — the act of ministering care, aid, religious service, etc.
- mobilizations — Plural form of mobilization.
- modifications — Plural form of modification.
- modus tollens — the principle that whenever a conditional statement and the negation of its consequent are given to be true, the negation of its antecedent may be validly inferred, as in if it's Tuesday this must be Belgium and this isn't Belgium so it's not Tuesday
- monsoon rains — the heavy rains that accompany the seasonal wind of S Asia that blows from the southwest in summer
- mount clemens — a city in SE Michigan.
- multivitamins — Plural form of multivitamin.
- negative lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- neurosurgeons — Plural form of neurosurgeon.
- nolens volens — whether willing or not; willy-nilly.
- nonagenarians — Plural form of nonagenarian.
- notifications — Plural form of notification.
- obstetricians — Plural form of obstetrician.
- octogenarians — Plural form of octogenarian.
- ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
- onychophorans — Plural form of onychophoran.
- optimizations — Plural form of optimization.
- organisations — Plural form of organisation.
- organizations — The action of organizing something.
- ossifications — Plural form of ossification.
- portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
- preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- pros and cons — The pros and cons of something are its advantages and disadvantages, which you consider carefully so that you can make a sensible decision.
- ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
- refried beans — fried mashed beans
- repercussions — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- robber barons — History/Historical. a noble who robbed travelers passing through his lands.
- sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
- saint-gaudens — Augustus, 1848–1907, U.S. sculptor, born in Ireland.
- scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
- short-commons — a scanty allowance of food.
- siamese twins — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
- solicitations — instances of asking someone for money, help, support, or an opinion
- spring greens — Young cabbages are sometimes referred to as spring greens.
- stock options — an option giving the holder, usually an officer or employee, the right to buy stock of the issuing corporation at a specific price within a stated period.
- sub-questions — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- supersurgeons — highly skilled surgeon
- thank heavens — used as an exclamation of gratitude and relief