13-letter words containing r, u, n, o, s
- boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
- brain surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in brain surgery
- brass foundry — a foundry that makes things from brass
- brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
- bronco buster — a person who breaks broncos to the saddle.
- brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
- bunko steerer — a swindler, especially a person who lures another to a gambling game to be cheated.
- busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
- carbon tissue — a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process
- carbon-tissue — paper faced with a preparation of carbon or other material, used between two sheets of plain paper in order to reproduce on the lower sheet that which is written or typed on the upper.
- carboniferous — yielding coal or carbon
- carcinomatous — a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
- carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- carotid sinus — specialized nerve end organs producing a slight dilatation of the carotid artery where it branches into the external and internal carotid arteries, responding to changes in blood pressure by mediating changes in the heartbeat rate.
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- cauterisation — Alt form cauterization.
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- centuries-old — hundreds of years old
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- churchpersons — Plural form of churchperson.
- circumcisions — Plural form of circumcision.
- clamorousness — The state or quality of being clamorous.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- colourisation — Alternative spelling of colorization.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- commensurated — Simple past tense and past participle of commensurate.
- commensurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commensurate.
- communicators — Plural form of communicator.
- computerising — Present participle of computerise.
- conclusionary — conclusory
- concurrencies — Plural form of concurrency.
- conductorship — The position of conductor of an orchestra.
- congratulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congratulate.
- congruousness — The state or quality of being congruous.
- conquistadors — Plural form of conquistador.
- conspurcation — the act of defiling
- constructible — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- constructions — Plural form of construction.
- constupration — the act of raping or violating
- consumer unit — A consumer unit is a particular type of distribution board that controls and distributes electrical energy, especially in domestic premises.