13-letter words containing d, e, u, c, r
- 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.
- reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- refuse a card — If you refuse a card, you do not allow someone's credit card to be used to pay a bill.
- return-cocked — (of a cock bead) situated at an angle or arris.
- roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
- rose-coloured — of the colour rose; rosy
- round-cheeked — having plump cheeks
- ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
- ruptured duck — the symbol of an eagle with wings spread appearing in the honorable discharge emblem of the U.S. armed forces.
- ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
- second-source — of or pertaining to a cooperative arrangement whereby the products, as electronic parts, of one company are also manufactured by another company
- self-coloured — of one color.
- self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.
- self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- supercalender — a roll or set of rolls for giving a high, smooth finish to paper.
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- surbased arch — drop arch (def 2).
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- telluric acid — a white, toxic, crystalline compound, H 6 TeO 6 , slightly soluble in cold water, soluble in hot water and alkalis: used as an analytical agent.
- the ryder cup — the trophy awarded in a professional golfing competition between teams representing Europe and the US
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- thunderstruck — overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
- tour de force — an exceptional achievement by an artist, author, or the like, that is unlikely to be equaled by that person or anyone else; stroke of genius: Herman Melville's Moby Dick was a tour de force.
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
- turbidimetric — from, using, or relating to a turbidimeter or turbidimetry
- turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- unaccelerated — to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in: to accelerate economic growth.
- unappreciated — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- unarticulated — not articulated
- unascertained — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- uncentralized — to draw to or gather about a center.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- uncircumcised — not circumcised.
- uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- unconjectured — not hypothesized
- unconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- unconsidering — not reflective or thoughtful