12-letter words containing o, t, s, u
- resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rooter skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
- route survey — a survey for determining the route, grades, etc., of a railroad, highway, or power line.
- rubber boots — wellingtons: footwear worn in rain
- run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- rush through — If you rush something through, you deal with it quickly so that it is ready in a shorter time than usual.
- rust-colored — of the color rust.
- rust-through — an act or instance of rusting: The body of the car is protected against rust-through.
- rustic joint — a joint between stones recessed from the faces between sunken drafts or bevels.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- rusty memory — (storage, humour) Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (especially magnetic tape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in washing machines). Compare donuts.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- safety touch — a two-point play
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
- salutational — relating to salutation
- salutatorian — (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
- salutatorium — a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.
- salutiferous — salutary.
- sandrocottus — Greek name of Chandragupta.
- sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
- sans-culotte — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
- sansculottic — relating to sansculottes
- santalaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Santalaceae, a family of semiparasitic plants of Australia and Malaysia including sandalwood and quandong
- scare quotes — quotation marks placed around a word or phrase to indicate that it should not be taken literally or automatically accepted as true
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- scitamineous — of or relating to the Scitimanae order of plants, which includes the ginger and banana plants
- scout around — search
- scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- scutellation — a scutellate state or formation; a scaly covering, as on a bird's foot.
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- seclusionist — a person who prefers to be alone or secluded
- secretagogue — a substance or situation that promotes secretion.
- self-support — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- self-torture — the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- self-tuition — the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- sell-through — quantity of direct sales made
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.