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13-letter words containing r, a, u, c

  • raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
  • rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
  • rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
  • ration coupon — a coupon that can be exchanged for a certain quantity of rationed goods
  • rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
  • re-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
  • reaccumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
  • reacquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
  • reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • readjudicated — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
  • réaumur scale — René Antoine Ferchault de [ruh-ney ahn-twan fer-shoh duh] /rəˈneɪ ɑ̃ˈtwan fɛrˈʃoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.
  • recalculation — recount, act of computing again
  • recirculation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
  • recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  • recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
  • redcloud peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,034 feet (4278 meters).
  • reduce a risk — If you reduce a risk, you lessen the potential damage that could be caused by a hazard or danger.
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
  • reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
  • refuse a card — If you refuse a card, you do not allow someone's credit card to be used to pay a bill.
  • reinoculation — a further inoculation of the same organism as the first inoculation
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • remanufacture — to refurbish (a used product) by renovating and reassembling its components: to remanufacture a vacuum cleaner.
  • rematriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • republicanize — to make republican.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • repunctuation — the act or process of punctuating differently or again
  • resuscitation — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
  • return crease — one of two lines marked at right-angles to each bowling crease, from inside which a bowler must deliver the ball
  • reunification — the process of unifying or uniting; union: the unification of the 13 original colonies.
  • revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
  • revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • rhesus factor — Rh factor.
  • roger-ducasse — Jean Jules Amable [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə/ (Show IPA), 1873–1954, French composer.
  • rogue's march — a derisive tune played to accompany a person's expulsion from a regiment, community, etc.
  • rousseauistic — the doctrines or principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau or his adherents.
  • roxas y acuña — Manuel (maˈnwel). 1892–1948, Philippine statesman; first president of the Republic of the Philippines (1946–48)
  • ruled surface — a surface that can be generated by a straight line, as a cylinder or cone.
  • running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
  • rural science — the study and theory of agriculture, biology, ecology, and associated fields
  • russification — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
  • sacral plexus — a nerve network originating from the nerves of the sacral spine and innervating large areas of the lower trunk and legs, especially via the sciatic nerves.
  • 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.
  • sauce supreme — suprême (def 1).
  • schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
  • sclerocaulous — having a hard, dry stem
  • scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
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