10-letter words containing n, o, t, u, r
- resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- resumption — the act of resuming; a reassumption, as of something previously granted.
- reunionist — a person who advocates the reunion of the Anglican Church with the Roman Catholic Church.
- revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- ring shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- robustness — strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
- rocket gun — any weapon that uses a rocket as a projectile, as a rocket launcher or bazooka.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- round trip — a trip to a given place and back again: Fares for round trips often have a discount.
- round turn — a complete turn of a rope or the like around an object.
- roundabout — circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person.
- roundtable — a number of persons gathered together for conference, discussion of some subject, etc., and often seated at a round table.
- route-ring — any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- routinized — to develop into a regular procedure.
- rule joint — (in carpentry and joinery) a joint between two hinged pieces, as between the center and end leaves of a table, consisting of a quarter round and fillet fitting against a cove and fillet.
- rumination — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- run for it — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run out of — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run out on — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- rune-stone — a stone bearing one or more runic inscriptions.
- rust joint — (in plumbing and metalwork) a watertight joint made between two pieces by rusting them together.
- rusty iron — (jargon, hardware) Synonym tired iron. It has been claimed that this is the inevitable fate of water MIPS.
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- sanatorium — a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases, as tuberculosis or various nervous or mental disorders.
- sanitorium — a facility for housing patients with long-term illnesses
- saturation — the act or process of saturating.
- screen out — eliminate
- scrutinous — strict, thorough
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- serotinous — late in occurring, developing, or flowering.
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- sinistrous — ill-omened; unlucky; disastrous.
- sit around — be idle, lounge about
- snow crust — a relatively hard, upper layer or film of ice or compacted snow on a snow surface.
- souari nut — the large, edible, oily nut of a tall tree, Caryocar nuciferum, of tropical South America.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- souterrain — a subterranean passage or structure; grotto.
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- stormbound — confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.
- stramonium — jimson weed.
- string out — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- strung out — severely debilitated from alcohol or drugs.
- strung-out — severely debilitated from alcohol or drugs.
- stubbornly — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- stupration — an act of ravishing or a violation
- subcontrol — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).