13-letter words containing s, y, n, u, r
- 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)
- rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
- roxas y acuña — Manuel (maˈnwel). 1892–1948, Philippine statesman; first president of the Republic of the Philippines (1946–48)
- 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
- security zone — an area controlled by security forces
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- silk industry — the industry that is involved with the breeding of silkworms and the manufacture of the silk they produce into thread and fabric
- soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- sperry univac — (company) One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- 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.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- stentoriously — stentorian.
- styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
- subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
- subserviently — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
- sunday driver — a person who drives a car inexpertly, especially slowly or overcautiously, in the manner of one who drives infrequently.
- sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
- supernumerary — being in excess of the usual, proper, or prescribed number; additional; extra.
- superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- synchronously — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- translucently — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- traumatonasty — a nastic movement in response to an injury
- 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.
- trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- tyrannosaurus — any large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur of the genus Tyrannosaurus, common in North America in upper Jurassic and Cretaceous times: suborder Theropoda (theropods)
- unassertively — in an unassertive manner
- uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- understatedly — in an understated manner
- undeservingly — in an undeserving manner
- undiscernedly — in an undiscerned manner
- undisturbedly — in an undisturbed manner
- unforeseeably — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.