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13-letter words containing m, u, r, e, s

  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • quarrelsomely — In a quarrelsome manner.
  • quartermaster — Military. an officer charged with providing quarters, clothing, fuel, transportation, etc., for a body of troops.
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • réaumur scale — René Antoine Ferchault de [ruh-ney ahn-twan fer-shoh duh] /rəˈneɪ ɑ̃ˈtwan fɛrˈʃoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • remeasurement — the process of measuring again
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
  • restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • retributivism — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
  • revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
  • revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
  • rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
  • 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.
  • rose geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium graveolens, cultivated for its fragrant, lobed or narrowly divided leaves.
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
  • sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
  • samuel slater — Samuel, 1768–1835, U.S. industrialist, born in England.
  • sauce supreme — suprême (def 1).
  • scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
  • security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
  • semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
  • semi-circular — Something that is semi-circular has the shape of half a circle.
  • semi-delirium — Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
  • semi-precious — Semi-precious stones are stones such as turquoises and amethysts that are used in jewellery but are less valuable than precious stones such as diamonds and rubies.
  • semi-vitreous — partially vitreous.
  • 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.
  • semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • semimenstrual — (esp of tides) occurring twice monthly
  • semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
  • semireligious — having a somewhat religious character.
  • serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
  • serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
  • serum disease — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
  • share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
  • 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.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
  • sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).
  • signed number — Mathematics. a number preceded by a plus sign (+) to indicate a positive quantity or by a minus sign (−) to indicate a negative quantity.
  • slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
  • small fortune — a large sum of money
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