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13-letter words containing r, u, t, h, e

  • pupil teacher — a young person who plans to be a teacher and who spends part of his or her time in preliminary education undertaking teaching duties under the supervision of the head-teacher
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • quarter horse — one of a breed of strong horses developed in the U.S. for short-distance races, usually a quarter of a mile.
  • quarter-phase — differing in phase by a quarter of a cycle; two-phase.
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
  • residual heat — heat that remains or lingers after something has been hot or heated up
  • return flight — a flight going back
  • return thanks — (of Christians) to say grace before a meal
  • reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • rhesus factor — Rh factor.
  • right you are — If someone says 'right you are', they are agreeing to do something in a very willing and happy way.
  • righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • rough justice — If you describe someone's treatment or punishment as rough justice, you mean that it is not given according to the law.
  • rubbish chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which rubbish may be dropped for disposal
  • rule of three — the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given.
  • rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
  • rumbledethump — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • run the gamut — The gamut of something is the complete range of things of that kind, or a wide variety of things of that kind.
  • runjeet singh — Ranjit Singh.
  • ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
  • rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
  • share account — a savings account in a credit union.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
  • sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • shub-internet — /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon.
  • shut the door — put up a barrier
  • shutter speed — speed (def 5b).
  • slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
  • sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
  • soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
  • south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
  • south-eastern — South-eastern means in or from the south-east of a region or country.
  • south-western — South-western means in or from the south-west of a region or country.
  • southeasterly — coming from the south east
  • southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
  • southern toad — a common toad, Bufo terrestris, of the southeastern U.S., having prominent knoblike crests on its head.
  • southwesterly — coming from the south west
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