13-letter words containing o, d, u, r
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- somar dumpacl — (tool) A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
- sound barrier — Also called sonic barrier, transonic barrier. (not in technical use) a hypothetical barrier to flight beyond the speed of sound, so postulated because aircraft undergo an abruptly increasing drag force induced by compression of the surrounding air when traveling near the speed of sound.
- sound blaster — (hardware) The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- sound ranging — a method for determining the distance between a point and the position of a sound source by measuring the time lapse between the origin of the sound and its arrival at the point.
- soundproofing — materials used to make something soundproof
- soupe du jour — the special, sometimes the only, soup served in a restaurant on any particular day
- south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
- southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southern toad — a common toad, Bufo terrestris, of the southeastern U.S., having prominent knoblike crests on its head.
- southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- sports ground — an area of land where sports are played
- 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.
- stout-hearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subordination — the act of placing in a lower rank or position: The refusal to allow women to be educated was part of society's subordination of women to men.
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- sugar orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superdominant — submediant.
- superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
- superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- teeing ground — tee2 (def 1a).
- terbium oxide — an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- tetrafluoride — a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
- thoracic duct — the main trunk of the lymphatic system, passing along the spinal column in the thoracic cavity, and conveying a large amount of lymph and chyle into the venous circulation.
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
- time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
- to hold court — If someone holds court in a place, they are surrounded by a lot of people who are paying them a lot of attention because they are interesting or famous.
- to the ground — completely; absolutely
- toss and turn — If you toss and turn, you keep moving around in bed and cannot sleep properly, for example because you are ill or worried.
- tour de force — an exceptional achievement by an artist, author, or the like, that is unlikely to be equaled by that person or anyone else; stroke of genius: Herman Melville's Moby Dick was a tour de force.
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- trade journal — periodical of a profession
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- trinucleotide — three linked nucleotides; triplet.
- triple double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- triple-double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- trous-de-loup — a conical or pyramidal pit with a pointed stake fixed vertically in the center, rows of which are dug in front of a fortification to hinder an enemy's approach, formerly used chiefly against cavalry.
- turbo-charged — A turbo-charged engine or vehicle is fitted with a turbo.