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15-letter words containing g, r, u, s

  • plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
  • pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
  • pressure-piping — Pressure-piping is a set of pipes which are used to contain fluid at high pressure.
  • programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
  • pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • puffin crossing — a UK pedestrian road crossing with traffic lights signalling red to stop the traffic flow when pedestrians are seen on the crossing by infrared detectors. The green signal reappears when no pedestrians are seen on the crossing
  • purchase ledger — a record of a company's purchases of goods and services showing the amounts paid and due
  • quadragenarians — Plural form of quadragenarian.
  • quasi-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • quasi-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
  • regulatory risk — a risk to which private companies are subject, arising from the possibility of legislation or regulations that will affect business being adopted by a government
  • religious house — a convent or monastery.
  • religious order — monks: monastery
  • religious right — US right-wing Christian movement
  • revenue sharing — the system of disbursing part of federal tax revenues to state and local governments for their use.
  • rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
  • rigel kentaurus — Alpha Centauri.
  • right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
  • rigil kentaurus — Astronomy. Alpha Centauri.
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
  • rogues' gallery — a collection of portraits of criminals and suspects maintained by the police for purposes of identification.
  • rouget de lisle — Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1760–1836, French army officer and composer of songs: wrote and composed Marseillaise.
  • rough bluegrass — a grass, Poa trivialis, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, where it is used in mixtures for lawns and pasturage.
  • running english — the giving of English or spin to the cue ball to enable it to bounce in the direction of a certain angle. Compare reverse English (def 1).
  • running repairs — repairs, as to a machine or vehicle, that are minor and can be made with little or no interruption in the use of the item
  • rural sociology — the sociological study of life in rural areas and the effects of ruralization.
  • sagittal suture — a serrated line on the top of the skull that marks the junction of the two parietal bones
  • saguia el hamra — the N part of Western Sahara.
  • santa gertrudis — one of an American breed of beef cattle, developed from Shorthorn and Brahman stock for endurance to torrid temperatures.
  • sausage turning — turning of members to resemble a continuous row of sausages flattened at the ends.
  • saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
  • scaling circuit — an electronic device or circuit that aggregates electric pulses and gives a single output pulse for a predetermined number of input pulses
  • scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • scrubbing brush — a handheld brush with short stiff bristles, used esp for scrubbing floors
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
  • securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
  • self-regulating — adjusting, ruling, or governing itself without outside interference; operating or functioning without externally imposed controls or regulations: a self-regulating economy; the self-regulating market.
  • self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
  • self-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
  • self-regulatory — Self-regulatory systems, organizations, or activities are controlled by the people involved in them, rather than by outside organizations or rules.
  • self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • semi-figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
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