13-letter words containing r, o, u, t, s
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- courteousness — having or showing good manners; polite.
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- courtesy card — a privilege card
- creosote bush — a shrub, Larrea (or Covillea) tridentata of the western US and Mexico, that has resinous leaves with an odour resembling creosote, and can live for many thousands of years: family Zygophyllaceae
- cross product — a vector perpendicular to two given vectors, u and v, and having magnitude equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two given vectors multiplied by the sine of the angle between the two given vectors, usually represented by u × v.
- cross-buttock — a wrestling throw in which the hips are used as a fulcrum to throw an opponent
- cross-country — Cross-country is the sport of running, riding, or skiing across open countryside rather than along roads or around a running track.
- cross-current — A cross-current is a current in a river or sea that flows across another current.
- cross-cutting — linking traditionally separate or independent parties or interests
- cross-utilize — to make use of in an additional or different way.
- crosscultural — Alternative spelling of cross-cultural.
- crosscurrents — Plural form of crosscurrent.
- crosscut file — a file having two intersecting rows of teeth
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.
- culver's root — a tall North American scrophulariaceous plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, having spikes of small white or purple flowers
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
- curling tongs — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
- custom-tailor — to modify to fit a specific use or need; tailor-make.
- customariness — The state or quality of being customary.
- customer base — A business's customer base is all its regular customers, considered as a group.
- customer care — the work of looking after customers and ensuring their satisfaction with one's business and its goods or services
- customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
- customer flow — Customer flow is the movement of customers around a store.
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- death tourist — a seriously ill person who seeks to terminate his or her own life by travelling to a country where medically assisted suicide is legal
- deconstructed — having no formal structure
- deconstructor — an adherent to the theory of deconstruction
- deed of trust — a written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee, such as a bank, often for the purpose of securing a mortgage or promissory note.
- deer's-tongue — green gentian.
- deleteriously — In a deleterious manner; harmfully.
- demeritorious — a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency: If you receive four demerits during a term, you will be expelled from school.
- denaturations — Plural form of denaturation.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
- derequisition — to release from military to civilian use
- desert locust — a migratory locust, Schistocerca gregaria, of North Africa and Asia, associated with the plagues described in the Old Testament.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- destructional — of or pertaining to destruction
- desulfuration — to desulfurize.
- desultoriness — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- deuteronomist — one of the writers of Deuteronomy
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- deuterostomes — Plural form of deuterostome.
- dexterousness — The state or quality of being dexterous.
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.