11-letter words containing n, o, d, u, r
- reductional — of, characterized by, or relating to reduction
- reeducation — to educate again, as for new purposes.
- reinduction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
- reintroduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- road-runner — either of two large terrestrial cuckoos of the genus Geococcyx of arid regions of the western U.S., Mexico, and Central America, especially G. californianus (greater roadrunner)
- roll around — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- roll-around — equipped with wheels or casters so as to be easily movable from one location to another: a roll-around kitchen counter.
- root around — rummage
- root nodule — a swelling on the root of a leguminous plant, such as the pea or clover, that contains bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, capable of nitrogen fixation
- round about — In spoken English, round about means approximately.
- round angle — perigon.
- round dance — a dance performed by couples and characterized by circular or revolving movement, as the waltz.
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- round table — conference, meeting
- round tower — a freestanding circular stone belfry built in Ireland from the 10th century beside a monastery and used as a place of refuge
- round-faced — having a face that is round.
- round-robin — a sequence or series.
- round-table — noting or pertaining to a conference, discussion, or deliberation in which each participant has equal status, equal time to present views, etc.: round-table discussions.
- roundarched — having semicircular arches
- roundheaded — (of a person) possessing a round head; brachycephalic.
- ruling body — authority, group in charge
- run to seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- running dog — Disparaging. a person or institution subservient to counterrevolutionary interests. a manipulable, servile follower; lackey: to be reviled as a running dog of the colonialists.
- sand grouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sauropsidan — relating to the Sauropsida or animals belonging to the Sauriodea group in Huxley's classification
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- scoundrelly — having the character of a scoundrel; unscrupulous; villainous.
- scrub round — to waive; avoid or ignore
- send around — to put into circulation
- sensurround — a sound reproduction system used esp in cinemas, in which low-frequency output causes bodily sensations in the audience, resulting in a feeling of involvement in the film
- shootaround — an informal match or practice session
- shop around — compare prices
- show around — guide round a new place
- shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- slop around — to spill or splash (liquid).
- smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
- soft ground — an etching ground usually mixed with tallow. Compare hard ground.
- sound mixer — sb who records film sound
- sound truck — a truck carrying a loudspeaker from which speeches, music, etc., are broadcast, as for advertising, campaigning, or the like.
- southlander — a person from the south
- splendorous — brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence: the splendor of the palace.
- stoneground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- sundry shop — (in Malaysia) a shop, similar to a delicatessen, that sells predominantly Chinese foodstuffs