13-letter words containing r, u, s, t, y
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- neuromyelitis — (pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves.
- non-customary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- nonuniversity — distinct from university, not university-based
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- on your terms — If you do something on your terms, you do it under conditions that you decide because you are in a position of power.
- parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
- pastry cutter — a cutter that is used to cut pastry into shapes
- pay structure — a collection of pay grades or bands, which set out the different levels of pay for workers in a certain profession, etc
- peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
- picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
- platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
- pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
- prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- preuniversity — of the period before attending university
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- quality press — the more serious newspapers which give detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
- quasi-crystal — a group of atoms resembling a crystal but not having symmetrical plane faces
- quasimilitary — Having certain military aspects.
- ratushinskaya — Irina (ɪˈriːnə). born 1954, Russian poet and writer: imprisoned (1983–86) in a Soviet labour camp on charges of subversion. Her publications include Poems (1984), Grey is the Colour of Hope (1988), and The Odessans (1992)
- repetitiously — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- right-justify — If printed text is right-justified, each line finishes at the same distance from the right-hand edge of the page or column.
- river estuary — a river mouth
- running story — a story continued in subsequent issues of a newspaper or magazine; serial.
- saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
- saturnalianly — in a saturnalian or dissolute manner
- sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
- security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- security risk — a person considered by authorities as likely to commit acts that might threaten the security of a country.
- security zone — an area controlled by security forces
- see you later — an expression of farewell
- self-security — freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- silk industry — the industry that is involved with the breeding of silkworms and the manufacture of the silk they produce into thread and fabric
- slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- southeasterly — coming from the south east
- southwesterly — coming from the south west
- spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- sports injury — wound sustained while playing sport
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
- statutory law — the written law established by enactments expressing the will of the legislature, as distinguished from the unwritten law or common law.
- stentoriously — stentorian.
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair