12-letter words containing r, u, n, l
- ruling elder — an elder in a Presbyterian church.
- ruling grade — the steepest grade on a given stretch of track, which determines the maximum tonnage that can be hauled in a train having a given horsepower at a stated minimum speed.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- run afoul of — fall foul / afoul of, to collide with, as ships. to come into conflict with; quarrel. to make an attack; assault.
- run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- ruralization — to make rural.
- russian blue — any of a breed of domestic cat, thought to have originated in Arkhangelsk, with a soft, dense, grayish-blue or silvery-blue coat and green eyes
- russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- salmon trout — a European trout, Salmo trutta.
- salutatorian — (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- sea purslane — a small chenopodiaceous shrub, Halimione portulacoides, of salt marshes in Eurasia and parts of Africa, having oval leaves and inconspicuous flowers
- seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.
- self-insurer — one insured under self-insurance.
- seropurulent — composed of or containing both serum and pus
- setting rule — a metal strip used in the hand-setting of type in a composing stick to separate the line being set from the previous one
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
- slow neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- slow-burning — (of combustible material) burning relatively slowly
- slubberingly — in a slubbering or slovenly manner
- slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
- spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
- sporangiolum — a small sporangium
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- stormfulness — the quality or state of being stormful
- sub-religion — a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
- subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
- subalternate — subordinate.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- sublapsarian — infralapsarianism.
- subprincipal — an assistant or deputy principal.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- sulfonylurea — any of a group of oral drugs, as tolbutamide, that stimulate the pancreas to secrete more insulin, used to treat diabetes
- sun umbrella — an umbrella by a chair or table, used for protecting you from the sun
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superfrontal — a piece of cloth placed over an altar and frontal and hanging down a few inches over the front of the altar