12-letter words containing r, u, y, s
- post-puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- power supply — power supply unit
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- propitiously — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- prosperously — having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- purposefully — having a purpose.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- quai d'orsay — the quay along the south bank of the Seine in Paris, on which are located the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other French government offices.
- quarrymaster — a person in charge of a quarry
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- quicksilvery — resembling quicksilver
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- refreshfully — in a refreshful manner; refreshingly
- refuse lorry — a lorry used to collect and dispose of rubbish and waste from homes, etc
- rescue party — a group of people who attempt to rescue, find or save a person or people for danger, esp a person or people who have got lost while mountain climbing
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ridiculously — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- 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.
- route survey — a survey for determining the route, grades, etc., of a railroad, highway, or power line.
- runaway star — a star with an unusually high proper motion, believed to result from its ejection from a nearby binary system when its companion star underwent a supernova explosion.
- rusty memory — (storage, humour) Mass-storage that uses iron-oxide-based magnetic media (especially magnetic tape and the pre-Winchester removable disk packs used in washing machines). Compare donuts.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- saturability — capable of being saturated.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scribbly gum — any species of the genus Eucalyptus with smooth white bark marked with random patterns made by wood-boring insects
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scrub typhus — an acute febrile disease characterized by severe headache, skin rash, chills, and swelling of the lymph nodes, caused by the bite of mites infected with the microorganism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi: occurs mainly in Asia, Australia, and the islands of the western Pacific
- scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- scrupulously — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- scrutinously — in a scrutinous manner
- scurvy grass — a plant, Cochlearia officinalis, of the mustard family, purported to be a remedy for scurvy.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
- seymour cray — (person) The founder of Cray Research and designer of several of their supercomputers. Cray has been a charismatic yet somewhat reclusive figure. He began Cray Research in Minnesota in 1972. In 1988, Cray moved his Cray-3 project to Colorado Springs. The next year, Cray Research spun it off to create Cray Computer. In 1989, Cray left Cray Research and started Cray Computer Corporation in Colorado Springs. His quest to build a faster computer using new-generation materials failed in 1995, and his bankruptcy cost half a billion dollars and more than 400 jobs. The company was unable to raise $20 million needed to finish the Cray-4 and filed for bankruptcy in March 1995. In the summer of 1996, Cray started a Colorado Springs-based company called SRC Computers, Inc. "We think we'll build computers, but who knows what kind or how," Cray said at the time. "We'll talk it over and see if we can come up with a plan." On 1996-09-22, aged 70, Cray broke his neck in a car accident. Surgery for massive head injuries and swelling of the brain leaving him in a critical and unstable condition.