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12-letter words containing d, u, a

  • rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
  • reattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
  • recirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  • red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
  • reduced mass — a quantity obtained when one particle is moving about another, larger particle that is also moving, equivalent to the mass of the smaller particle, were the larger particle not moving, and equal to the quotient of the product of the two masses divided by their sum.
  • refoundation — an act of refounding
  • regurgitated — to give back or repeat, especially something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam.
  • res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
  • rest assured — reassurance
  • returned man — a member of the armed forces discharged in Canada after service overseas.
  • revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
  • road haulage — transport of goods by road
  • road haulier — a person who owns or works for a road haulage company; a trucker
  • road surface — the surface of the road, often asphalt
  • rogue trader — A rogue trader is an employee of a financial institution who carries out business without the knowledge or approval of his or her bosses.
  • rouge dragon — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
  • round barrow — a funerary barrow having a bell, disk, saucer, or pond shape, primarily of the Bronze Age and containing the cremated remains of corpses along with grave artifacts.
  • roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
  • rubber-faced — having a face with unusually mobile features: a rubber-faced comedian.
  • ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
  • run commands — (operating system)   The expansion of the file name suffix, "rc", common to many Unix configuration files, e.g. .newsrc, .cshrc, .twmrc, elmrc, etc. Always abbreviated to /R C/ when spoken. Note, "rc" is not a typical filename extension as it doesn't start with a dot. The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in CTSS called "runcom".
  • running hand — script or calligraphy characterized by uniformly slanted letters that are written quickly and connected by long, continuous strokes of the pen.
  • running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
  • russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
  • safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
  • safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
  • sago pudding — a sweet pudding made with sago and milk
  • salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
  • samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
  • sandrocottus — Greek name of Chandragupta.
  • sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
  • saudi arabia — a kingdom in N and central Arabia, including Hejaz, Nejd, and dependencies. About 600,000 sq. mi. (1,554,000 sq. km). Capital: Riyadh.
  • sausage code — (humour, programming)   Code which, once you know the details of how it's made, you'll never want to use again.
  • scandalously — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
  • scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
  • scout around — search
  • scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
  • scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
  • screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
  • secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
  • seed capsule — the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds; pericarp
  • self-assured — self-confident.
  • sendai virus — a paramyxovirus that tends to cause cell fusion: in inactive form, used in biological research to produce cells with multiple nuclei of different genetic constitutions.
  • sequestrated — Law. to sequester (property). to confiscate.
  • short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
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