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13-letter words containing e, t, o, u

  • round-tripper — a home run.
  • rousseauistic — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
  • route planner — a book of road maps
  • ruggedization — the act or process of making something rugged
  • rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.
  • rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
  • rumelgumption — commonsense
  • rumlegumption — commonsense
  • rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • 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.
  • security zone — an area controlled by security forces
  • see you later — an expression of farewell
  • self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
  • self-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
  • self-doubting — lacking in confidence
  • semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
  • semi-autonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
  • semi-vitreous — partially vitreous.
  • semiautomated — partially automated.
  • semiautomatic — partly automatic.
  • 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.
  • sensate focus — a series of touching exercises designed to increase intimacy in a sexual relationship
  • sententiously — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
  • sequestration — removal or separation; banishment or exile.
  • serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • service court — the part of the court into which a player must serve in various games, as tennis, badminton, handball, or squash.
  • sex education — Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
  • sexualization — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
  • share account — a savings account in a credit union.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
  • sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • shoot the sun — to measure the altitude of the sun in order to determine latitude
  • short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
  • 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.
  • shut the door — put up a barrier
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • single-tongue — to play (any nonlegato passage) on a wind instrument by obstructing and uncovering the air passage through the lips with the tongue
  • skeletogenous — forming a skeleton, or parts of one
  • sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
  • slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
  • small fortune — a large sum of money
  • smooth muscle — involuntary muscle tissue in the walls of viscera and blood vessels, consisting of nonstriated, spindle-shaped cells.
  • snooze button — a button on an alarm clock that, if pressed when the alarm is going off, will suspend its ringing for a brief time before allowing it to go off again
  • sodium borate — borax1 .
  • soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
  • soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
  • soixante-neuf — sixty-nine (def 4).
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