12-letter words containing r, u, n, s, o
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- quadrillions — Plural form of quadrillion.
- quadrisonics — quadraphony.
- quadrumanous — four-handed; having all four feet adapted for use as hands, as monkeys.
- quasi-normal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- queen closer — a brick of normal length and thickness but of half normal width, used to complete a course or to space regular bricks.
- querimonious — Complaining; querulous. (from 17th c.).
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- ramentaceous — resembling or covered with ramenta.
- reassumption — the act or process of reassuming something
- reconstitute — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- rendezvouses — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- repercussion — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- reset button — control that restores a default setting
- resiniferous — yielding resin.
- resoluteness — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
- resolutioner — a person joining in or subscribing to a resolution.
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- restauration — restoration
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- resupination — a resupinate condition.
- resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
- resuspension — the act of suspending.
- retropulsion — an abnormal tendency to walk backwards: a symptom of Parkinson's disease
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rogue's yarn — a yarn of distinctive color, material, or twist, laid in a strand or strands of a rope to identify the owner or the maker.
- rooter skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- roughhousing — the act of behaving in a boisterous or rough way
- run commands — (operating system) The expansion of the file name suffix, "rc", common to many Unix configuration files, e.g. .newsrc, .cshrc, .twmrc, elmrc, etc. Always abbreviated to /R C/ when spoken. Note, "rc" is not a typical filename extension as it doesn't start with a dot. The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in CTSS called "runcom".
- run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker
- russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
- russian zone — a zone in Germany controlled by the Soviet Union 1945–89.
- rustic joint — a joint between stones recessed from the faces between sunken drafts or bevels.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- 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.
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- sandrocottus — Greek name of Chandragupta.
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- sanguivorous — feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.
- 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.