13-letter words containing a, s, t, u, r
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- private trust — a trust designed for the benefit of a designated or known individual (opposed to charitable trust).
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
- proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- puritan spoon — a silver spoon having an ovoid bowl and a straight, flat, completely plain stem.
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
- quality press — the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
- quarter horse — one of a breed of strong horses developed in the U.S. for short-distance races, usually a quarter of a mile.
- quarter-phase — differing in phase by a quarter of a cycle; two-phase.
- quarterfinals — Plural form of quarterfinal.
- quartermaster — Military. an officer charged with providing quarters, clothing, fuel, transportation, etc., for a body of troops.
- quarterstaves — Plural form of quarterstaff.
- quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
- quasi-crystal — a group of atoms resembling a crystal but not having symmetrical plane faces
- quasi-private — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- quasi-retired — withdrawn from or no longer occupied with one's business or profession: a retired banker.
- quasimilitary — Having certain military aspects.
- quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.
- quaternionist — a mathematician who works with quaternions
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- questionaries — Plural form of questionary.
- questionnaire — a list of questions, usually printed, submitted for replies that can be analyzed for usable information: a questionnaire used in market research.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- ratushinskaya — Irina (ɪˈriːnə). born 1954, Russian poet and writer: imprisoned (1983–86) in a Soviet labour camp on charges of subversion. Her publications include Poems (1984), Grey is the Colour of Hope (1988), and The Odessans (1992)
- reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
- remeasurement — the process of measuring again
- residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
- restauranteur — the owner or manager of a restaurant.
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- resuscitation — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
- return crease — one of two lines marked at right-angles to each bowling crease, from inside which a bowler must deliver the ball
- return thanks — (of Christians) to say grace before a meal
- revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
- reverse fault — a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to gravity fault).
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- river estuary — a river mouth
- rousseauistic — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- running start — Sports. a start, as in the hop, step, and jump or the running broad jump, in which a contestant begins moving before reaching the starting or take-off point.
- rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
- rusine antler — an antler resembling that of the sambar.
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- saint laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
- saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.