13-letter words containing n, u, r, s, i
- republicanism — republican government.
- requisitioner — the act of requiring or demanding.
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
- restructuring — to change, alter, or restore the structure of: to restructure a broken nose.
- 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.
- resuscitation — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
- revolutionise — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- revolutionist — a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
- rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- 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.
- runjeet singh — Ranjit Singh.
- runner's high — a state of euphoria experienced during prolonged running or other forms of aerobic, sustained exercise, attributed to an increase of endorphins in the blood.
- running costs — The running costs of a business are the amount of money that is regularly spent on things such as salaries, heating, lighting, and rent.
- running start — Sports. a start, as in the hop, step, and jump or the running broad jump, in which a contestant begins moving before reaching the starting or take-off point.
- running story — a story continued in subsequent issues of a newspaper or magazine; serial.
- rural science — the study and theory of agriculture, biology, ecology, and associated fields
- rushed behind — a situation when the ball passes through the goalposts but was last touched by a defending player, causing the attacking team to win a point
- rusine antler — an antler resembling that of the sambar.
- russian olive — oleaster.
- russian salad — a salad of cold diced cooked vegetables mixed with Russian dressing
- russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- saint laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- 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.
- saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
- saint-laurent — Louis Stephen [lwee ste-fen] /lwi stɛˈfɛn/ (Show IPA), 1882–1973, prime minister of Canada 1948–57.
- saturnalianly — in a saturnalian or dissolute manner
- scouring rush — any of certain horsetails, especially Equisetum hyemale, used for scouring and polishing.
- scout uniform — the uniform worn by the Scouts
- security zone — an area controlled by security forces
- self-incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- 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
- sensorineural — related to or affecting a sensory nerve or a sensory mechanism together with its neural circuitry.
- sequestration — removal or separation; banishment or exile.
- serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- sesquiterpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
- shub-internet — /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon.
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- sigmund freud — Anna, 1895–1982, British psychoanalyst, born in Austria (daughter of Sigmund Freud).