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15-letter words containing o, c, u, r

  • resurrectionist — a person who brings something to life or view again.
  • resurrectionize — to bring back from or raise from the dead
  • retrofocus lens — a wide-angle lens, for use on single-lens reflex cameras, of inverted telephoto design, with a back focus greater than the focal length.
  • revenue officer — a government agent responsible for administering and collecting taxes
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • robinson crusoe — Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
  • roche moutonnee — a rounded, glacially eroded rock outcrop, usually one of a group, resembling a sheep's back.
  • rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
  • rockwell number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Rockwell test) made by indenting a test piece with a Brale, or with a steel ball of specific diameter, under two successive loads and measuring the resulting permanent indentation.
  • rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
  • round character — a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
  • round-the-clock — around-the-clock.
  • royal enclosure — at the Royal Ascot horse-race meeting, an area of Ascot racecourse which is reserved for the Royal Family, members, and their guests
  • rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
  • rules committee — a special committee of a legislature, as of the U.S. House of Representatives, having the authority to establish rules or methods for expediting legislative action, and usually determining the date a bill is presented for consideration.
  • run-on sentence — a written sequence of two or more main clauses that are not separated by a period or semicolon or joined by a conjunction.
  • runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
  • rural sociology — the sociological study of life in rural areas and the effects of ruralization.
  • sacred mushroom — any of various hallucinogenic mushrooms, esp species of Psilocybe and Amanita, that have been eaten in rituals in various parts of the world
  • sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
  • samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
  • sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • sarraceniaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sarraceniaceae, an American family of pitcher plants
  • scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
  • schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
  • schone mullerin — a song cycle (1823), by Franz Schubert, consisting of 20 songs set to poems by Wilhelm Müller.
  • schoolboy crush — an infatuation that a young boy has, usually for an older woman such as a teacher or an actress, which is seen as superficial and unlikely to last for long
  • schopenhauerian — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
  • sclerodermatous — Zoology. covered with a hardened tissue, as scales.
  • scotch foursome — foursome (def 2b).
  • scpi consortium — (body)   A body established to promote Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA.
  • scribaciousness — the quality or state of being scribacious
  • scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • sculptor's tool — the constellation Caelum.
  • second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
  • secondary cause — a cause which is not the primary or ultimate cause
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • secret mosquito — a high-pitched ringtone for a mobile phone, claimed by its distributors to be inaudible to most adults while remaining audible to children and teenagers
  • secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
  • securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
  • security forces — police or soldiers responsible for maintaining security
  • security police — a police force responsible for maintaining order at a specific locale or under specific circumstances, as at an airport or factory.
  • self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
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