13-letter words containing c, e, s, u
- quintessences — Plural form of quintessence.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
- rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
- re-instructed — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- réaumur scale — René Antoine Ferchault de [ruh-ney ahn-twan fer-shoh duh] /rəˈneɪ ɑ̃ˈtwan fɛrˈʃoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.
- reclusiveness — the state or quality of being reclusive
- reconstituted — constituted again, especially of a liquid product made by adding water to dry solids from which the water has been evaporated: reconstituted orange juice.
- recrudescence — breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
- rectitudinous — characterized by or given to rectitude.
- recursiveness — pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.
- red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
- red delicious — a deep-red type of Delicious apple.
- reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
- reducibleness — the extent, state or quality of being reducible
- reductiveness — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
- refuse a card — If you refuse a card, you do not allow someone's credit card to be used to pay a bill.
- rejuvenescent — becoming young again.
- repercussions — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- republicanism — republican government.
- rescue worker — someone who works to bring people out of danger, attack, harm, etc, esp after a disaster, accident, etc
- resource fork — Macintosh file system
- restructuring — to change, alter, or restore the structure of: to restructure a broken nose.
- 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
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- reverse curve — an S -shaped curve, as on highways and railroad tracks, produced by the joining of two curves that turn in opposite directions.
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- rock squirrel — a large, gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, inhabiting rocky areas of the southwestern U.S.
- roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
- rogue's march — a derisive tune played to accompany a person's expulsion from a regiment, community, etc.
- rose-coloured — of the colour rose; rosy
- rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
- rousseauistic — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
- rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- rural science — the study and theory of agriculture, biology, ecology, and associated fields
- russel crouse — Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- sacral plexus — a nerve network originating from the nerves of the sacral spine and innervating large areas of the lower trunk and legs, especially via the sciatic nerves.
- 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.
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- satanic abuse — sexual abuse (esp of children), killing, or violent acts considered to be carried out as part of satanic worship rituals
- sauce supreme — suprême (def 1).
- saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
- sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
- scathefulness — the state or quality of being harmful or injurious
- scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.