12-letter words containing r, a, u, s
- quarter rest — a rest equal in time value to a quarter note.
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
- quarterlies' — occurring, done, paid, issued, etc., at the end of every quarter of a year: a quarterly report; quarterly interest.
- quarterpipes — Plural form of quarterpipe.
- quarterstaff — a former English weapon consisting of a stout pole 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) long, tipped with iron.
- quartz glass — lechatelierite.
- quasi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- quasineutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- quaternities — Plural form of quaternity.
- queen's ware — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.
- queenslander — a native or inhabitant of Queensland
- quinceaneras — Plural form of quinceanera.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- rabble-rouse — to stir up the emotions or prejudices of the public; agitate.
- race suicide — the extinction of a racial or ethnic population that tends to result when, through the unwillingness or forbearance of its members to have children, the birthrate falls below the death rate.
- radicicolous — living on the roots of plants
- radicivorous — feeding on the roots of plants
- radio source — a cosmic object or phenomenon, as a galaxy, pulsar, quasar, or the remnant of a supernova or of a galactic collision, that emits radio waves.
- rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rambus, inc. — (company) The company which designed Rambus DRAM. Address: Mountain View, CA., USA.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- raoult's law — the principle that the fraction by which the vapor pressure of a solvent is lowered by the addition of a nonvolatile, nonelectrolytic solute is equal to the mole fraction of the solute in the solution.
- raphaelesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the painter Raphael.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reassurement — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
- reduced mass — a quantity obtained when one particle is moving about another, larger particle that is also moving, equivalent to the mass of the smaller particle, were the larger particle not moving, and equal to the quotient of the product of the two masses divided by their sum.
- reillustrate — to furnish (a book, magazine, etc.) with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
- reimbursable — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- requiem mass — church service in memory of the dead
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- resale value — the price which something can achieve when sold in the future
- rescue grass — a grass, Bromus unioloides (or B. catharticus), of tropical America, having clusters of flattened spikelets, grown for forage.
- rescue party — a group of people who attempt to rescue, find or save a person or people for danger, esp a person or people who have got lost while mountain climbing
- rest assured — reassurance
- restaurateur — the owner or manager of a restaurant.
- restauration — restoration
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- resuscitator — a person or thing that resuscitates.
- rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.