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13-letter words containing n, e, t, c, u, r

  • recirculation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
  • recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  • 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.
  • recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • reductiveness — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
  • reinoculation — a further inoculation of the same organism as the first inoculation
  • rejuvenescent — becoming young again.
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • remanufacture — to refurbish (a used product) by renovating and reassembling its components: to remanufacture a vacuum cleaner.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
  • restructuring — to change, alter, or restore the structure of: to restructure a broken nose.
  • resuscitation — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
  • return crease — one of two lines marked at right-angles to each bowling crease, from inside which a bowler must deliver the ball
  • return ticket — a ticket for the return portion of a trip.
  • return-cocked — (of a cock bead) situated at an angle or arris.
  • reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
  • revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • rubber cement — a viscous, flammable liquid consisting of unvulcanized rubber dispersed in benzene, gasoline, or the like, used chiefly as an adhesive.
  • ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
  • 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.
  • saint-brieucs — a city in and the capital of the Côtes-du-Nord, in W France.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • share account — a savings account in a credit union.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • 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
  • soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
  • southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
  • string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • suffrutescent — partially or slightly woody; subshrubby.
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
  • superromantic — exceptionally romantic
  • sustentacular — supporting.
  • swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
  • thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
  • thunderstruck — overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
  • tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
  • tinker's cuss — tinker's damn (def 1).
  • torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
  • touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
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