13-letter words containing h, o, u, r
- pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- print-through — the unwanted transfer of a recorded magnetic field pattern from one turn of magnetic tape to the preceding or succeeding turn on a reel, causing distortion
- pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- psychosurgery — treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.
- pull together — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- quarter horse — one of a breed of strong horses developed in the U.S. for short-distance races, usually a quarter of a mile.
- queue fourche — (of a lion) having a single tail divided in two partway along its length so as to have two complete ends.
- quiller-couch — Sir Arthur Thomas ("Q") 1863–1944, English novelist and critic.
- rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.
- rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
- rhizomorphous — rootlike in form.
- right you are — If someone says 'right you are', they are agreeing to do something in a very willing and happy way.
- righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
- rock hounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, fossils, or minerals.
- rogue's march — a derisive tune played to accompany a person's expulsion from a regiment, community, etc.
- rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- rosehip syrup — a syrup made from rosehips, used as a cough remedy
- rotary plough — an implement with a series of blades mounted on a power-driven shaft, used to break up soil or weeds
- rough as bags — uncouth
- rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
- rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
- rough passage — a stormy sea journey
- rough sleeper — a homeless person who sleeps rough
- roughing mill — a rolling mill for converting steel ingots into blooms, billets, or slabs.
- round herring — any of several herringlike fishes of the family Dussumieriidae having a rounded abdomen, living chiefly in tropical marine waters.
- round-cheeked — having plump cheeks
- roxburghshire — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- 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.
- rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
- saurognathous — related to or resembling the Saurognathae family of birds that possess palate bones similar to those in saurians or lizards
- school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty-nine different figures, skated in two- or three-circle figure-eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition.
- scotch crocus — a garden plant, Crocus biflorus, of southeastern Europe and Turkey, having purple-striped, yellow-throated flowers.
- scouring rush — any of certain horsetails, especially Equisetum hyemale, used for scouring and polishing.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
- 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
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- 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.