13-letter words containing s, o, u, r, e
- surgery hours — the period of time each day when a doctor's surgery or office is open
- 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.
- 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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- 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.
- 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
- truck bolster — the upper transverse member of a car truck that holds the truck center plate and receives the car's weight.
- tuberous root — a true root so thickened as to resemble a tuber, but bearing no buds or eyes.
- tumorigenesis — the production or development of tumors.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- turn of speed — If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
- ugly customer — a hostile or dangerous person.
- umbelliferous — bearing an umbel or umbels.
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- un-personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- unadventurous — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
- unceremonious — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
- uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- unconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- unconsidering — not reflective or thoughtful
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- unconstricted — to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.
- unconstructed — (of clothing) made with little or no padding, interfacing, or lining, so as to fit loosely or softly on the body.
- unconversable — inappropriate for conversation
- uncourtliness — the lack of courtliness
- und so weiter — and so forth; et cetera. Abbreviation: usw, u.s.w.
- undeleterious — injurious to health: deleterious gases.
- under protest — having voiced objections; unwillingly
- under the sod — dead and buried
- underexposure — inadequate exposure, as of photographic film.