16-letter words containing r, u, d, a, s, l
- industrial union — a labor union composed of workers in various trades and crafts within one industry.
- industrial waste — waste materials left over from a manufacturing process in industrial buildings such as factories and mines
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- ladies auxiliary — an association whose members are usually the wives of members of an association with which it is affiliated.
- lady of pleasure — a prostitute.
- latissimus dorsi — a broad, flat muscle on each side of the midback, the action of which draws the arm backward and downward and rotates the front of the arm toward the body.
- lauderdale lakes — a city in SE Florida: suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
- laurentides park — a national park in SE Canada, in Quebec province between the St. Lawrence and Lake St. John.
- lizard peninsula — a promontory in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the southernmost point in Great Britain
- mail-order house — a retail firm that conducts its business by receiving orders and shipping its merchandise through the mail and that supplies its customers with catalogs, circulars, etc.
- medullary sheath — Botany. a narrow zone made up of the innermost layer of woody tissue immediately surrounding the pith in plants.
- menstrual period — the bleeding from the womb that occurs approximately monthly in nonpregnant women of reproductive age
- modern languages — languages currently spoken
- musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
- mustard-coloured — of a brownish-yellow colour
- natural disaster — meteorological or geological catastrophe
- nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
- nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
- nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
- padded shoulders — (on a garment) shoulders lined, stuffed, or filled out with soft material, esp in order to give them a higher or wider shape
- persulfuric acid — Also called Caro's acid, permonosulfuric acid, peroxymonosulfuric acid, peroxysulfuric acid. a white, crystalline solid, H 2 SO 5 , used as an oxidizing agent for certain organic compounds.
- pseudo-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- pseudo-spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- pseudoperipteral — having a freestanding colonnade at each end, with engaged columns at the sides.
- pullorum disease — a highly contagious, frequently fatal disease of young poultry caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum (pullorum), transmitted by the infected hen during egg production, and characterized by weakness, loss of appetite, and diarrhea.
- purple sandpiper — a sandpiper, Calidris maritima, of arctic regions of the New and Old World, having in winter a slate-gray back with purplish reflections.
- reasonable doubt — law: grounds for believing sb is innocent
- redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
- religious leader — head of a church or order
- residual current — an electric current that continues to flow in a device, etc when there is no voltage supply, due to electrons emitted by heat, etc
- rhythm and blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
- rhythm-and-blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
- safeguard clause — a clause in a contract, etc, that ensures the protection of something against problems, etc
- saturated liquid — a liquid whose temperature and pressure are such that any decrease in pressure without change in temperature causes it to boil.
- sculpture garden — a garden that showcases sculptures in landscaped surroundings
- secondary colour — a colour formed by mixing two primary colours
- seward peninsula — a peninsula in W Alaska, on Bering Strait.
- shoulder harness — the part of a seat belt that goes over the shoulder and diagonally across the chest.
- sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
- southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
- sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
- suprarenal gland — adrenal gland.
- sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
- twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
- under bare poles — (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set
- unfair dismissal — wrongful firing from a job
- unrealized gains — Unrealized gains are gains from the increase in value of an asset that you still own.
- ununderstandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
- upland sandpiper — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.