13-letter words containing r, u, s, o
- surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
- surplus store — a shop that sells used items, or items previously purchased but unused, and no longer needed. The items are often military, government or industrial excess
- surreptitious — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
- survey course — an introductory course of study that provides a general view of an academic subject.
- suspercollate — to hang
- sweet sorghum — sorgo.
- synchronously — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
- tauromorphous — having the form of a bull
- tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
- tautochronous — having the character of a tautochrone
- temerariously — in an audacious manner
- terrace house — a house in a terrace or a row of houses, usually identical and having common dividing walls
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- tetrapetalous — having four petals.
- tetrastichous — arranged in a spike of four vertical rows, as flowers.
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- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- thorough bass — figured bass.
- three-fourths — In American English, people sometimes use three-fourths to mean three-quarters.
- through stone — perpend1 .
- thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
- time exposure — a long exposure in which the shutter is opened and closed by hand or by a mechanism other than the automatic mechanism of the shutter.
- to run a risk — If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result.
- toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
- torsion group — a group in which every element has finite order.
- toss and turn — If you toss and turn, you keep moving around in bed and cannot sleep properly, for example because you are ill or worried.
- totis viribus — with all one's might.
- tourist class — the least costly class of accommodations on regularly scheduled ships and airplanes. Compare third class (def 2).
- tourist court — motel.
- touristically — in a touristic or touristy manner
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- transfusional — of or relating to transfusion
- transmountain — across or through a mountain or mountains
- transmutation — the act or process of transmuting.
- traumatonasty — a nastic movement in response to an injury
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- treasury note — a note or bill issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, receivable as legal tender for all debts except as otherwise expressly provided.
- tremulousness — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
- triquetrously — from a triquetrous point of view
- trous-de-loup — a conical or pyramidal pit with a pointed stake fixed vertically in the center, rows of which are dug in front of a fortification to hinder an enemy's approach, formerly used chiefly against cavalry.
- trouser press — an electrical appliance that is used for taking the creases out of trousers
- trout fishing — angling to catch trout
- trucial coast — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- truck bolster — the upper transverse member of a car truck that holds the truck center plate and receives the car's weight.
- trust account — an account of property established with a trust company by a grantor, for distribution during or after the grantor's lifetime.