13-letter words containing d, o, l, r, u
- rube goldberg — having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance: a Rube Goldberg arrangement of flasks and test tubes.
- self-coloured — of one color.
- 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.
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
- shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
- shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
- shoulder-high — A shoulder-high object is as high as your shoulders.
- sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- somar dumpacl — (tool) A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
- to hold court — If someone holds court in a place, they are surrounded by a lot of people who are paying them a lot of attention because they are interesting or famous.
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trade journal — periodical of a profession
- trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
- triple double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- triple-double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- trous-de-loup — a conical or pyramidal pit with a pointed stake fixed vertically in the center, rows of which are dug in front of a fortification to hinder an enemy's approach, formerly used chiefly against cavalry.
- ultraorthodox — extremely or excessively orthodox, esp with regards to religion
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- unbowdlerized — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
- undeleterious — injurious to health: deleterious gases.
- under a cloud — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- under control — being managed
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- underemployed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- undermodulate — to reproduce (a sound or signal) at below the optimal output level in a recording or broadcasting system, causing it to be distorted.
- underwithhold — to withhold too little.
- undirectional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- unobliterated — to blot out or render undecipherable (writing, marks, etc.); efface.
- unrecollected — not remembered or recalled
- unrefined oil — oil that hasn't been refined or processed
- unsoldierlike — not befitting a soldier
- unsupportedly — in an unsupported fashion, without support
- untraditional — of or relating to tradition.
- unupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- upland plover — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
- versicoloured — of variable or various colours
- wall cupboard — a cupboard that is fixed to a wall
- well-favoured — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.