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13-letter words containing d, u, r, o

  • 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.
  • record button — the button that you press on a device or remote control to begin recording sound, images, etc
  • rectitudinous — characterized by or given to rectitude.
  • red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
  • red delicious — a deep-red type of Delicious apple.
  • redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
  • redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
  • redissolution — the act of redissolving
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
  • rendezvousing — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
  • return-cocked — (of a cock bead) situated at an angle or arris.
  • reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • ring compound — a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound. Compare cyclic (def 3).
  • rio da duvida — former name of Roosevelt, Río.
  • road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
  • rock hounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, fossils, or minerals.
  • roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
  • rogue dialler — a dial-up connection placed on a computer without the user's knowledge which, when the user tries to connect to the internet, automatically connects to a premium-rate phone number
  • rose-coloured — of the colour rose; rosy
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
  • round herring — any of several herringlike fishes of the family Dussumieriidae having a rounded abdomen, living chiefly in tropical marine waters.
  • round kumquat — an evergreen, citrus shrub or small tree, Fortunella japonica, of Japan, having blunt, broad leaves and globe-shaped, edible fruit.
  • round of beef — round1 (def 35a).
  • round-cheeked — having plump cheeks
  • round-tripper — a home run.
  • roundtripping — a form of trading in which a company borrows a sum of money from one source and takes advantage of a short-term rise in interest rates to make a profit by lending it to another
  • rube goldberg — having a fantastically complicated, improvised appearance: a Rube Goldberg arrangement of flasks and test tubes.
  • ruffed grouse — a North American grouse, Bonasa umbellus, having a tuft of black feathers on each side of the neck.
  • ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged
  • running board — a small ledge, step, or footboard, formerly beneath the doors of an automobile, to assist passengers entering or leaving the car.
  • running order — The running order of the items in a broadcast, concert, or show is the order in which the items will come.
  • rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
  • 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-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
  • self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
  • 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.
  • serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • 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.
  • shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
  • shut the door — put up a barrier
  • sidereal hour — a 24th part of a sidereal day
  • smoked rubber — a type of crude natural rubber in the form of brown sheets obtained by coagulating latex with an acid, rolling it into sheets, and drying over open wood fires. It is the main raw material for natural rubber products
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